{"id":122276,"date":"2026-03-11T12:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=122276"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:42:06","slug":"north-korea-says-respects-irans-choice-of-new-supreme-leader-kcna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/122276\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea says respects Iran&#8217;s choice of new supreme leader: KCNA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pyongyang(National Times)- North Korea has announced its support for Iran\u2019s appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the country\u2019s supreme leader and again denounced the \u201cillegal\u201d attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, state media reports. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday quoted a spokesperson from North Korea\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that Pyongyang respected the choice of Iran to select Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader, the son of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli attack at the start of the war on 28 February. \u201cWe respect the rights and choice of the Iranian people to elect their supreme leader,\u201d Pyongyang\u2019s unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesperson was quoted as saying by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The official went on to say the US and Israel are \u201cdestroying the regional peace and security foundations and escalating instability worldwide\u201d. The spokesperson accused Washington and Israel of violating Iran\u2019s \u201cpolitical system and territorial integrity,\u201d and attempting to \u201coverthrow its social system\u201d. Such actions \u201cdeserve worldwide criticism and rejection as they can never be tolerated,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pyongyang(National Times)- North Korea has announced its support for Iran\u2019s appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the country\u2019s supreme leader and again denounced the \u201cillegal\u201d attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, state media reports. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday quoted a spokesperson from North Korea\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>North Korea says respects Iran&#039;s choice of new supreme leader: KCNA - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/122276\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Korea says respects Iran&#039;s choice of new supreme leader: KCNA - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pyongyang(National Times)- North Korea has announced its support for Iran\u2019s appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the country\u2019s supreme leader and again denounced the \u201cillegal\u201d attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, state media reports. 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