Trump Calls for New Leadership in Iran

President Donald Trump has called for regime change in Iran in the wake of protests that have engulfed the country in recent weeks. “It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran,” Trump told Politico in an interview on Jan. 17. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for further comment on Trump’s remarks. Trump’s comments were made after Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, acknowledged on Jan. 17 that “several thousand” Iranians had been killed during more than two weeks of unrest in the country. Khamenei made no mention of the aggressive use of deadly force by Iran’s security services in quelling the protests, instead blaming the deaths on Trump, whom he accused of “encouraging” protesters by promising them “military support.”...