Washington DC:United States President Donald Trump on Sunday (March 8) said that the decision to end the Iran war will be taken only after discussion with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Praising Netanyahu, Trump told the Times of Israel that Iran would have destroyed Israel if he and the Israeli PM had not been around.
"I think it’s mutual… a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account,” the US President told the Israeli media house. When asked about whether Israel would continue strikes against Iran even if the US stops airstrikes, Trump refused to respond.
Notably, the conflict in the Middle East entered day 10 on Monday, with the US and Israel continuing to carry out airstrikes on Iran. Meanwhile, Iran is also targetingUS military basesand oil facilities in the Gulf nations, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia.
On February 28, the US and Israel launched coordinated airstrikes on Iran, killing several of its top leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Days after Khamenei's killing, his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was appointed as the country's Supreme Leader. Early Monday local time, Iranian state media published a statement from senior clerics confirming the development.
It is only the third time the position has changed hands since it was created following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The first supreme leader was Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who founded the role. The second was Ali Khamenei, who held it for nearly 37 years until US-Israeli strikes killed him and nowMojtaba.
Here's What Trump Had Said On Appointment Of New Supreme Leader:
Meanwhile, on Sunday, the US president said that the new Iranian supreme leader would need approval from Washington.
In an interview on Sunday, Trump said that the United States wanted to ensure the situation in Iran does not escalate again in the coming years. When asked whether he would consider approving a leader with links to Iran’s previous leadership, Trump said he would be open to the idea.
"He’s going to have to get approval from us," the president told ABC News. "If he doesn’t get approval from us he’s not going to last long. We want to make sure that we don’t have to go back every 10 years, when you don’t have a president like me that’s not going to do it."
"I don’t want people to have to go back in five years and have to do the same thing again or worse let them have a nuclear weapon," he had added. Trump had also claimed that Iran was planning to take over the entire Middle East, and suggested he stopped them from doing so.
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