Amid escalating conflict with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington wants involvement in selecting Iran’s future leadership as military strikes expand across the region.

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•  U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Washington wants to play a role in deciding Iran’s next leader as the conflict intensified with continued U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.
•  Trump indicated that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, was unlikely to become Iran’s next leader despite being widely considered a potential successor.
•  The U.S. president also signaled support for Iranian Kurdish forces launching offensives, though he declined to confirm whether American air support would be provided.
• Israeli forces warned residents in parts of Tehran to evacuate as fresh airstrikes targeted Iranian government positions and explosions were reported across the capital.
•  Iran launched retaliatory attacks on Israel and several Gulf nations, while missile strikes and drone attacks caused fires and damage in multiple strategic locations.
• U.S. defense officials stated that American forces possess sufficient weapons and munitions to continue military operations against Iran for an extended period.
• The widening conflict has drawn additional countries into the crisis, raising fears of broader regional instability and disrupting global energy supplies and transportation routes.
• Rising oil prices and economic uncertainty affected global markets as the conflict threatened a significant portion of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supply.