IRGC announces new missile launches hours after Iran names new supreme leader

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced new missile launches hours after the country named its new supreme leader.

Video published by the IRGC shows what it said was the moment it fired Khorramshahr, Fatah, Khyber and Qadr missile. CNN is unable to verify the video.

Iran’s Assembly of Experts earlier named Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as the next supreme leader.

Analysts say his elevation suggests that the IRGC and their allied factions have emerged from the first phase of the current war more determined to double down on continuing Ali Khamenei’s legacy and policies.