‘Time for new leadership in Iran’: Trump accuses Khamenei of killing people, calls him ‘sick man’

While the anti-government protests continue to rock the Islamic Republic of Iran, US President Donald Trump has strongly criticised Iran’s current leadership and called for an end to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s decades-long rule. He asserted that the country needs new leadership as it faces sustained public unrest. It accused Khamenei of governing through violence and fear.

Trump told reporters on Saturday, “It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran.”

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The US president said that Khamenei uses violence and repression to overturn dissent and stay in power. He held the supreme leader responsible for the destruction of the country.
“In order to keep the country functioning – even though that function is 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,” Trump said.

Calling Khamenei a “sick man,” Trump blamed him for Iran’s dire situation and making it the “worst place to live anywhere.”

Earlier on Saturday, the supreme leader had called US President Trump a “criminal,” blaming him for the casualties and the overall unrest in the Iranian nation. He had claimed that Iran had defeated the United States. Khamenei asserted that Iran would not seek war, but it would not refrain from punishing those responsible for the killings and destruction in the country.