Trump Warns Anyone Seeking to Lead Iran 'Ends Up Dead'

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[Breaking] Trump: "Everyone who wants to become Iran's leader ends up dead" - Seoul Economic Daily International News from South Korea
[Breaking] Trump: "Everyone who wants to become Iran's leader ends up dead"

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned that "everyone who wants to become Iran's leader ends up dead."

At a White House event on Tuesday, Trump said "American operations in Iran are going very well" and that "their leadership is collapsing rapidly."

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is currently considered a leading candidate to become the next supreme leader. Mojtaba is known as a hardliner who reportedly led the crackdown during the mass protests in Iran in 2022. Trump's remarks are interpreted as effectively opposing Mojtaba's rise to power.

Trump added that "the bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities last year weakened Iran's nuclear capabilities," warning that "bad things happen when crazy people have nuclear weapons."

Original reporting by Lee Tae-kyu, Washington Correspondent for Seoul Economic Daily.

AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

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