President Trump gave updates on the war in Iran on Monday, saying he was “disappointed” in the country’s new choice of leadership, the former supreme leader’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion joins to discuss takeaways from the news conference. Then, Joe Zacks, former deputy assistant director for counterterrorism at the CIA, … Read more
President Donald Trump on Monday left open the prospect of acquiring Iranian oil as the U.S. proceeds with a war officials have said is aimed at depriving Iran of a nuclear weapon and defanging it so that it no longer poses a threat to the U.S. or Middle East neighbors. Trump told NBC News that … Read more
Iran announced Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as its new supreme leader on Sunday, according to state media. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D’Agata has more. Source link
Washington — President Trump told Fox News that he’s “not happy” with Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. Khamenei was named Iran’s new leader over the weekend, according to Iranian state media, taking the place of his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war. “Fox and Friends” host Brian … Read more
There are new air attacks on Iran as Israel targets the country’s energy infrastructure, saying “it’s the lifeline of the regime.” It comes as Iran names a new supreme leader and a seventh American has died in the attacks. Matt Gutman has the latest. Source link
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East, telling NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that his country needs “to continue fighting for the sake of our people.” The U.S. and Israel “are killing our people, they are killing girl students, you know, they are attacking hospitals,” he told … Read more
Mojtaba Khamenei has been named as Iran’s new supreme leader just over a week after his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes. A statement from the Assembly of Experts — the panel of Shia clerics responsible under Iranian law for choosing the country’s top leader — said Mojtaba Khamenei had … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran’s new leader is “not going to last long” without U.S. approval as Operation Epic Fury continues into its second week. “He’s going to have to get approval from us,” Trump told ABC News in an interview. “If he doesn’t get … Read more
In a phone call with CBS News’ Robert Costa, President Trump said he “couldn’t care less” about threats from Iran’s top national-security official, Ali Larijani. Mr. Trump said he is focused on “getting Iran to a point where they surrender,” Costa told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” Source link
In a phone interview with CBS News late Saturday evening, President Trump dismissed threats from Iran’s top national-security official, Ali Larijani, who posted on social media earlier Saturday that Mr. Trump must “pay the price” for the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran. Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and a longtime confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali … Read more