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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

’He’s mentally unstable’: Iranian American in Congress condemns Trump’s war and pushes for his removal

A woman speaks into a microphone at a lectern with a placard that reads 'no war with Iran'
Backpacks represent Iranian school girls killed in a US airstrike as Yassamin Ansari speaks out against the war in Washington DC on 18 March 2026. Photograph: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Win Without War

Donald Trump is an “evil human being” who “wants to be an emperor” and should be removed from office over the war in Iran, Yassamin Ansari, an Iranian American member of the US Congress, has told the Guardian.

Ansari, the daughter of Iranian immigrants who decades ago fled the regime, spoke out after the president threatened to wipe out Iran’s civilisation before backing down and announcing an uncertain two-week ceasefire.

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