US EditionTrump says he must be involved in selecting Iran's next leader
Trump rejects Mojtaba Khamenei as successor and warns U.S. could return to war without a favorable Iranian leader, urging U.S. involvement in the selection process.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump told Axios he plans to play a direct role in choosing Iran's next supreme leader during an eight-minute phone interview.
- Speaking amid a joint U.S.-Israel bombing campaign, the news arrived on the fifth day after strikes linked to the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- The president dismissed Mojtaba Khamenei as unacceptable and called him a lightweight, comparing U.S. influence to his involvement with Delcy Rodríguez in Venezuela.
- With no official successor announced, Iran has not yet named a new Supreme Leader, and Trump said he would reject any successor continuing the late leader's policies.
- The push to reshape Iran's leadership ties to stated U.S.-Israeli goals to topple the government, while rising oil prices this week surged over $10 per barrel, deepening global oil markets' impact.
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While the war continues in Iran, US President Trump wants to join in the election of a new Iranian leadership. Khamenei's son as a successor he excludes.
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