Larijani drew a historical parallel between Trump's comments and those of the former prime minister of the deposed US-backed Pahlavi regime during the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Mohammad Darwish, head of the leadership council of the Hamas resistance movement, has extended his warmest congratulations to Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei on his election as the new Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran

Hamas' armed wing expresses certainty that the Islamic Republic will continue its path of revolutionary zeal, resistance, and support for the Palestinian cause under its new Leader.

In his first message to the Iranian nation on Thursday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, spelt out his strategic vision for the country.

Following the martyrdom of Imam Khamenei, Iran's Assembly of Experts elected Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Leader – a meritocratic process rooted in jurisprudential authority and strategic vision, opposed to Western claims of hereditary succession.

North Korea congratulates Iran on the election of Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei as new Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

Pakistan's prime minister congratulates Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on his election as Iran's new Leader.