Time For New Leadership, : Trump misleads on Iran
Donald Trump called for an end to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's 37-year-old rule in Iran amounts to interference into the internal sovereignty of the Republic of Iran.
US President Donald Trump called for an end to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's 37-year-old rule. "It's time to look for new leadership in Iran," he told Politico on Saturday after the country in the Middle East was rocked by weeks of protests against the Islamic Republic.
Trump has done a good thing by stopping the hanging of more than 800 people two days ago.
Iran's leadership relies on repression and violence to run the country. Blaming Khamenei for "complete destruction of the country" and for using unprecedented levels of violence.
In order to keep the country functioning – even though that function is at a very low level – the leadership should focus on running his country properly, like I do with the United States, and not killing people by the thousands in order to keep control.
Leadership is about respect, not fear and death, calling Khamenei a "sick man", Trump said that it is because of the leadership of Iran that it is the "worst place to live anywhere", unfortunately.
Trump's remarks come soon after Khamenei vowed to "break the back of the seditionists" involved in the protest. He also blamed Trump for "casualties" during the anti-government demonstrations in Iran.
"We do not intend to lead the country to war, but we will not spare domestic criminals," Khamenei told supporters during an address marking a religious holiday. He said that "international criminals" would also not be spared punishment.
Iran's authorities have called the protests "terrorist" operations and "riots" and claim that it was an "American conspiracy" to dominate Iran militarily, politically and economically.
Trump had warned that if Iran killed protesters, the US would intervene militarily. He also encouraged the protesters to take over state institutions by saying, "help is on the way." However, that did not happen, and in the meantime, security forces killed at least 3,428 protesters.
Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi had also urged Iranians across the country to raise your voices in anger and protest with our national slogans. Many protesters have chanted the name of Pahlavi, whose pro-Western father fled in 1979 in the Islamic revolution.
Pahlavi, seeking to touch a nerve with Trump, called on him not to be like his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, who negotiated with Tehran. President Trump is a man of his word and ultimately he will stand with the Iranian people as he has said, Pahlavi said when asked if Trump had given false hope.
Pahlavi is of the opinion that he wants to lead a transition to a secular democracy, with a popular referendum to choose the next system of government, and dared to return to Iran.?
