During an interview with a television station, United States President Donald Trump stated that Iran’s next supreme leader would not remain in office for long if he did not have American approval.
The statement came before Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader.
In response, the Iranian Foreign Minister criticized the American president’s statements. He stated that the choice of the supreme leader is an exclusive decision of the Iranian people and that the country will not accept external interference in internal affairs.
The chancellor also demanded an apology from Trump, accusing the United States president of having started a conflict in the Middle East.
Mojtaba Khamenei was elected last Sunday
At a meeting of the 88 ayatollahs, it was decided that the son of Ali Khamenei, who died on February 28 after attacks in Iran, would be the new leader of Iran’s supreme leader. He had been identified for years as one of the main candidates to succeed his father.
He is known for his hard-line stance and for maintaining close relations with the elite of the Iranian Revolutionary Guardconsidered the most influential political-military force in the country and a central player in maintaining the regime.
The decision of the Assembly of Experts of Iran is interpreted as an indication of continuity in the Iranian political system, at a time marked by increased tensions and military escalation in the Iranian region. Middle East.
