US President Donald Trump considered Thursday that he should participate in choosing the successor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, stressing that he will not accept his son Mojtaba Khamenei assuming this position.
Published on: 03/05/2026 - 18:11
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he should participate in choosing the successor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, stressing that he will not accept his son Mojtaba Khamenei assuming this position.
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Trump told Axios, "Khamenei's son is worthless. I should participate in the selection, as happened with Delcy" Rodriguez, the current president of Venezuela who succeeded Nicolas Maduro. وأضاف أن "نجل خامنئي غير مقبول بالنسبة إليّ. نريد شخصا يجلب السلام لإيران".
For his part, Reza Pahlavi, son of the ousted Shah of Iran, confirmed Thursday that anyone who succeeds the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as head of the Islamic Republic will be illegitimate.
He wrote on the “X” website, “Anyone who will be nominated (...) will lack legitimacy, and will be considered complicit in the bloody toll of this regime and its criminal leaders, (the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ruhollah) Khomeini and Khamenei.”
"Victory is near," said Reza Pahlavi, who resides in the United States and presents himself as an alternative to Iran's leadership.
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It is noteworthy that Khamenei was killed at the beginning of a war that broke out on Saturday with Israeli and American strikes on his residence in Tehran.
France 24/AFP
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