“We haven’t made any decision on that. We’re nowhere near it,” the president told the New York Post, adding that he is “not happy with” Iran’s replacement for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was chosen for the position.
When asked about his plans for dealing with the new Ayatollah, he replied: “Not going to tell you. I’m not happy with him.”
This comes as U.S. and Israeli forces continue battering Iranian capabilities, nearly destroying the country’s navy, eliminating more than 50 senior officials, including Ayatollah Khamenei, and targeting missile systems used to strike more than a dozen countries across the region, some hosting American bases. Many of those attacks hit civilian infrastructure, drawing official responses from countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.