Trump’s stark warning to Iran, says next supreme leader won’t last long after rejecting Khamenei’s son as ‘lightweight’

US President Donald Trump on Sunday cautioned that Iran’s next supreme leader would struggle to remain in power without his backing, as Tehran prepared to announce the successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran’s Assembly of Experts held a private meeting and selected the country’s next leader, according to members of the body, nine…

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Trump says Iran assassination attempt would trigger total US retaliation: ‘Wipe them off the face of this earth’

US President Donald Trump defended his first year back in office and delivered a blunt warning to Iran marking the anniversary of his second-term inauguration. Trump said he has already left “very firm instructions” for how the United States should respond if Iran attempts to assassinate him, warning of overwhelming retaliation. “Anything ever happens, the…

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