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Oman’s sultan congratulates Iran’s new supreme leader
9 March 2026 20:10 GMT
Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said sent a message congratulating Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.
In the message, the sultan offered his “best wishes for his success and good fortune in assuming his leadership responsibilities in his friendly country”.
Sultan Haitham is the first Arab leader to publicly congratulate Khamenei after he was selected to succeed his father, who was killed in a US-Israeli air strike last week.