Two influential and hardline Iranian clerics have called for the swift selection of a new supreme leader to help guide the nation amid a new wave of US and Israeli strikes, Iranian media reported on Saturday. US President Donald Trump has said the US should have a role in choosing the new leader, a demand Iran has rejected. Naser Makarem Shirazi, a grand ayatollah, which means he commands a broad following for his religious rulings, said an appointment was needed swiftly to “help better organise the country’s affairs”, state media reported.
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