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Trump: "They are wasting their time, I will choose the next leader of Iran"

Published March 5, 2026, 17:07
Trump: "They are wasting their time, I will choose the next leader of Iran"

US President Donald Trump stated that he will personally get involved in the selection of the next leader of Iran, as he did in Venezuela, dismissing the possible selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as "unacceptable". Trump expressed concern that a new leader following the policy of his predecessor would lead to a new war in five years. This statement comes at a time of tension and uncertainty surrounding the succession of Iran's supreme leader, while Israel has already carried out a bombing on a building housing the religious body responsible for selecting the new leader. Trump compared the situation to his intervention in Venezuela, where he supported Vice President Delcy Rodriguez.