{"id":895560,"date":"2026-03-30T07:24:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/trump-on-mojtaba-khameneis-election-i-am-not-pleased\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T07:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:24:50","slug":"trump-on-mojtaba-khameneis-election-i-am-not-pleased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/trump-on-mojtaba-khameneis-election-i-am-not-pleased\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUMP ON MOJTABA KHAMENEI\u2019S ELECTION: &#8220;I AM NOT PLEASED&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><b>Emirates 24\/7<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Monday that he was &#8220;not pleased&#8221; with the election of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, succeeding his father who was assassinated at the onset of the U.S.-Israeli offensive against the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by the New York Post about his next steps following the younger Khamenei\u2019s election, Trump responded: &#8220;I won\u2019t tell you. I\u2019m not pleased.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In earlier remarks to ABC News, Trump emphasized that any new leader would require U.S. approval to remain in power. &#8220;The new leader will need our approval. If he doesn\u2019t get it, he won\u2019t last long,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;We want to ensure we don\u2019t have to go back every ten years in the absence of a president like me who doesn&#8217;t do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The President added that his primary goal is to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, stating: &#8220;I don\u2019t want people to have to come back in five years and repeat the same thing, or worse, allow them to possess a nuclear weapon.&#8221; When asked if he would approve of a leader with ties to the previous regime, Trump replied: &#8220;Yes, I would, to choose a good leader. There are many qualified people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump characterized Iran as a &#8220;paper tiger,&#8221; claiming that his administration\u2019s actions thwarted a plan by Tehran to seize control of the entire Middle East. &#8220;They were about to attack. Their plan was to attack the entire Middle East and take full control of it,&#8221; he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. President did not rule out the deployment of special forces to seize Iran&#8217;s enriched uranium, stating that &#8220;everything is on the table.&#8221; This follows reports from a senior administration official last week indicating that Iran has enriched enough uranium to reach weapons-grade material in 10 days or less.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Emirates 24|7<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/world\/trump-on-mojtaba-khameneis-election-i-am-not-pleased\/66\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emirates 24\/7\u00a0\u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Monday that he was &#8220;not pleased&#8221; with the election of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, succeeding his father who was assassinated at the onset of the U.S.-Israeli offensive against the Islamic Republic. When asked by the New York Post about his next steps following the younger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":895561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148505,4],"tags":[148504,5052],"class_list":{"0":"post-895560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mojtaba","8":"category-trump","9":"tag-mojtaba","10":"tag-trump"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}