Trump Calls Khamenei's Son "Unacceptable", Seeks Iran Leader Who Brings Peace
Trump Calls Khamenei's Son "Unacceptable", Seeks Iran Leader Who Brings Peace
M.U.H
06/03/202614
US President Donald Trump said he must personally approve Iran's next supreme leader, just as he was involved in installing Delcy Rodriguez as Venezuela's interim president following the US-backed ouster of Nicolas Maduro.
In an interview with Axios, Trump said that Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, succeeding his father as the new head of the Islamic republic is "unacceptable" and that he wants someone who would "bring harmony and peace to Iran".
Trump said that making someone a leader who would continue Khamenei's policies would force the US to be back to war "in five years".
"They are wasting their time. Khamenei's son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy [Rodriguez] in Venezuela," Trump said.
When asked who could replace Khamenei, Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that, "Most of the people we had in mind are dead."
