Trump says US will ensure Iran will not threaten
Washington (ANTARA) – President Donald Trump said Washington will ensure that whoever leads Iran after the US–Israel war will not threaten neighbouring countries or the United States.
‘US will ensure that whoever leads that country next, Iran will not threaten America or its neighbours, Israel, anyone. Long before this began, they tried to target the entire Middle East. Then we came, we crushed their “party,”’ Trump said at the White House, on Thursday (5 March).
Earlier, Trump also argued that he should have a personal right to appoint the new Iranian leader, as he did in determining the leader of Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro, the country’s president, was captured by American forces in January and extradited to the US.
‘I have to be involved in that appointment, like (Delcy Rodríguez) in Venezuela,’ he told Axios.
Trump stressed that he would not accept a new Iranian leader who would continue the policies of Khamenei, because in his view that could drag the US back into war ‘in five years.’
‘The United States wants someone who will bring harmony and peace to Iran,’ Trump said.
Iran has not yet announced its new supreme leader since Khamenei and dozens of senior Iranian officials were killed following joint United States and Israel strikes launched last Saturday (28 February).
Although not in official position, Mojtaba Khamenei is considered Khamenei’s most influential son. Mojtaba was also sanctioned by the US Treasury Department in 2019 and linked to the Basij forces used to quell protests after the disputed 2009 Iranian election.
‘You will have the opportunity, after years, to take back your country, receive immunity. We will give you immunity and we will give you the historical side that is correct, because that is how it is. So you will be truly safe with full immunity,’ he asserted.
Trump also urged Iranian diplomats around the world to seek asylum and help the US shape Iran that he described as new and better with immense potential.
‘This country has immense potential, a future far better for Iran. This is just the beginning. I think its future will be very good,’ Trump said.
Source: Anadolu