Trump says 'would like to meet' Iran leader Khamenei
- Mojtaba Khamenei is thought to have been wounded in US-Israeli strikes and has not been seen in public since he was named his successor
President Trump hopes to meet Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei amidst escalating US-Iran tensions and mutual accusations of violating a fragile ceasefire agreement.
- Mojtaba Khamenei's health and public status.
- US and Iran's mutual accusations of ceasefire violations.
- Recent Iranian attack on Kuwait's airport.
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he hopes to meet Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, as Washington and Tehran accuse each other of violating an increasingly fragile ceasefire.
Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is thought to have been wounded in US-Israeli strikes that killed his father, Ali Khamenei, and has not been seen in public since he was named his successor.
“I would like to meet him, and we probably will meet at some point, depending on how it all works out,” the US president told the New York Post’s “Pod Force One” podcast.
Trump added that Khamenei was “involved, absolutely” when asked about the Iranian cleric’s health.
“I’m not hearing he’s doing great,” Trump said. “If you believe the stories, he’s missing a lot of different parts.”
“They say he is giving approval,” he added.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a Congressional panel on Tuesday that Mojtaba Khamenei is alive and increasingly active.
“I think there are indications out there that he is increasingly engaging at some level,” Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
An Iranian attack on Wednesday on Kuwait’s airport marked one of the more severe tests yet of a shaky April 8 ceasefire.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed the attack, which it said was in retaliation for US attacks on an Iranian oil tanker and island.
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