
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) said that "most of the people we had in mind are dead" when asked about potential future leaders in Iran following the killing of Tehran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the early phase of Operation Epic Fury.
Speaking during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump also asserted that the United States has initiated a "third wave" of military strikes against Iran, claiming that "everything’s been knocked out" in the country.