President Donald Trump said Thursday that he must have a role in choosing Iran’s next leader, further clouding his administration’s longterm plans after the U.S. launched military strikes against the adversarial nation.
The country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli air strikes last weekend. His 56-year-old son, Mojtaba Khamenei, has emerged as a strong contender to lead the regime.
