“Trump said Iran needed new leadership after mass casualties during the protests and called for an end to the crackdown.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Donald Trump, photo by Getty Images Source: Trump in the comments Politico
Trump’s direct speech: “It is time to look for a new leadership in Iran.”
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Details: Iran’s government relies on repression and violence to run the country, according to the US president.
“As the leader of the country, he is guilty of the complete destruction of the country and the use of violence on a level that has never been seen before,” Trump said.
“This man (Khamenei – ed.) is sick, he should lead his country properly and stop killing people… His country is the worst place to live in the world because of bad leadership,” the American president added.
Trump’s comments came shortly after Khamenei’s X account posted a series of hostile messages targeting Trump, accusing the US president of being responsible for deadly violence and unrest in Iran.
What preceded: January 17 Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed that “several thousand” people had died during protests in the country, but blamed the protesters and US President Donald Trump.
According to the American news agency Human Rights Activists News Agency, as a result of the suppression of protests in Iran, at least 3,095 people have died, more than the number of victims of any other protest or unrest in Iran in recent decades.
January 16 White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt said that in Iran, where large-scale anti-government protests continue, 800 executions have been halted amid warnings from the regime by US President Donald Trump about the consequences.
The US president said he had been assured that in protest-ridden Iran executions and murders allegedly stopped.