Trump calls choice of Iran’s new supreme leader ‘a big mistake’

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The US president Donald Trump yesterday said Iran has “made a big mistake” by choosing Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader after his father was killed in the US-Israel attack.

 “I think they made a big mistake” in selecting Mojtaba Khameini, Trump told NBC News.

He earlier described Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son as a “light weight”.

Trump also said it’s “too soon to talk about” seizing Iran’s oil but he “doesn’t rule it out”.

 

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