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As of today, Iran has a new leader.

He is not bowing to U.S. demands.

I think for many folks within the regime at the moment, they believe it's killer be killed.

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Wurman, the son of the late Ayatollah, is now the new Ayatollah.

And as bombs keep raining down, Iranians have to deal with the toxic mess, poisoned water, and dirty air.

You can have irritations and burns. You can have any sort of respiratory distress.

Also, the oligarch running the show in Georgia. He basically managed to treat this country as this private property.

And the agony and ecstasy of canned fish.

I smell some cheese, but you talk about like seaside.

Would it be high tide or low time?

This would definitely be low tide.

All today, here on the world.

This is the world. I'm Marco Werman.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for joining us today.

The war in Iran is now in its 10th day.

The U.S. and Israeli militaries show no signs of letting up. Neither does Iran.

Fresh missile and drone strikes are spreading across the Middle East, even as the fighting intensified supporters of the Iranian regime gathered today and over the weekend in Tehran

to celebrate the selection of the country's new supreme leader, Moshtaba Khomeiniye.

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