Trump says he should have role in picking Iran’s next leader

Trump says he should have role in picking Irans next leader

“We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran,” he told Axios on Thursday, adding that he thought the Ayatollah’s son Mojtaba Khamenei was a “lightweight”. “I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy,” he said, referring to Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez, whom he named after US forces kidnapped…

“We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran,” he told Axios on Thursday, adding that he thought the Ayatollah’s son Mojtaba Khamenei was a “lightweight”.

“I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy,” he said, referring to Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez, whom he named after US forces kidnapped former president Nicolas Maduro.
Without an acceptable leader in Iran, Trump claimed the US would likely return to war within five years.

The decision will be made by an assembly of senior Shiite Muslim clerics known as the Assembly of Experts, which is overwhelmingly opposed to the US, making it unclear how Trump could play a role.

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