Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem has pledged “all forms of support” to Iran in its fight against Israel and the United States, saying Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful and aims to serve its people, The Jerusalem Post reported.

Iran appointed a new chief of intelligence at its Revolutionary Guards on Thursday, the official Irna news agency said, after his predecessor was killed in an Israeli strike last week.

What is lesser known — even in Iran — is that both Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, share ancestral ties with India