The Wall Street Journal cited sources saying that Trump stated that he would support removing the new Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, if he refused to meet Washington's demands.
The report said that the U.S. demands included ending Iran's nuclear program. The operation to remove him might be carried out by Israel, not the United States.
On the first day of the U.S. and Israeli strike on Iran, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, died. The entire country of Iran announced a 40-day mourning period.
Mojtaba Khamenei was declared the new Supreme Leader, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of the Islamic Republic of Iran swore allegiance to him.
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