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Did Iran ask Donald Trump to be next supreme leader? Here’s a fact check

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No one wants to be the supreme leader of Iran for fear of being killed by the United States, President Donald Trump has said. But that’s not true.

The US-Israeli war on Iran that began on February 28, assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. His son, Mojtaba, has been appointed successor by the state.

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“There’s never been a head of a country that wanted that job less than being the head of Iran,” Trump said at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) fundraising dinner in Washington.
“We’ll listen to some of the things they say we hear very clearly.”

“They say, ‘I don’t want it’,” he said, mimicking Iranians. “‘We’d like to make you the next Supreme Leader.’ ‘No, thank you. I don’t want it’,” the US President mocked.

“They are negotiating, by the way, and they want to make a deal so badly, but they’re afraid to say it because they figure they’ll be killed by their own people. They’re also afraid they’ll be killed by us,” Trump said.

Earlier, in a Truth Social post, Trump described Iranian negotiators as “very different” and “strange” and accused them of “begging” the US to make a deal to end the war that has raged for nearly four weeks.

“They better get serious soon, before it is too late, because once that happens, there is NO TURNING BACK, and it won’t be pretty!” Trump said.

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While the US claims talks have been underway, Iran denies any direct discussions with Washington.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state media officials were reviewing an American proposal but said that exchanging messages “does not mean negotiations with the US.”

The US reportedly submitted a 15-point proposal, aimed at ending hostilities. According to the plan, Iran would be asked to renounce nuclear weapons, limit its missile programme, stop funding regional proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping. In return, sanctions would be lifted.

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Following that, Araghchi laid Iran’s five-point counter-proposal of their own:

  • A complete halt to attacks and assassinations by US and Israeli forces.

  • Guarantees that the war would not be resumed.

  • Payment of war damages and reparations.

  • Sole Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz.

  • An end to Israeli attacks on Iranian allies in the region.

The unprovoked war following US and Israeli air strikes has since expanded as Iran, in retaliation, targeted American allies in the Gulf.

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