{"id":2577880,"date":"2026-03-09T17:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-trump-would-back-plan-to-kill-irans-new-supreme-leader-if-he-doesnt-bow-to-u-s-demands\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:49:13","slug":"report-trump-would-back-plan-to-kill-irans-new-supreme-leader-if-he-doesnt-bow-to-u-s-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-trump-would-back-plan-to-kill-irans-new-supreme-leader-if-he-doesnt-bow-to-u-s-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Trump Would Back Plan to Kill Iran&#8217;s New Supreme Leader if He Doesn&#8217;t Bow to U.S. Demands"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-trump-would-back-plan-to-kill-irans-new-supreme-leader-if-he-doesnt-bow-to-u-s-demands%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2577880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that, according to The Wall Street Journal and cited by Mediaite and NBC News, President Trump told aides he would back the killing of Iran\u2019s newly named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ayatollah-iran-in-no-hurry-to-see-u-s-return-to-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Ayatollah: Iran in no hurry to see U.S. return to nuclear deal\">supreme leader<\/a> Mojtaba Khamenei if he refuses to concede to U.S. demands, including halting Iran\u2019s nuclear program.The plan, attributed to current and former U.S. officials, would likely be carried out by Israel, with the White house declining to comment.Trump also criticized Khamenei\u2019s son, calling him a \u201clightweight\u201d and saying he should be involved in the leader\u2019s selection, but that the son is unacceptable and that the new leader would not last long without Trump\u2019s approval. in other interviews cited by Time and NBC News,Trump said he wants to be involved in choosing a reasonable leader for iran who would be acceptable to the United States,and he hinted at <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >negotiating postwar leadership<\/a> while avoiding another Khamenei. The piece also notes Trump\u2019s remarks that the war could end sooner than previously predicted and that Iran\u2019s military capabilities have been degraded, describing a coalition with Israel as crushing Iran\u2019s forces.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A new report said President Donald Trump would support the elimination of Iran&rsquo;s new supreme leader if he becomes an obstacle to Trump&rsquo;s postwar goals for Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was selected to lead Iran.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/iran-war-us-israel-trump-2026\/card\/trump-open-to-khamenei-being-killed-if-he-doesn-t-cede-to-u-s-demands-hl9KqawqqO2pCCWODSej\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, discussed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-would-back-the-killing-of-irans-new-leader-if-he-doesnt-agree-to-us-demands-wsj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>, White House insiders said that Trump &ldquo;has told aides he would back the killing of new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei if he proves unwilling to cede to U.S. demands, such as ending Iran&rsquo;s nuclear development.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report is attributed to &ldquo;current and former U.S. officials.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report indicated that the assassination would likely be conducted by Israel. The White House declined to comment on the report.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Trump said last week he opposed the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/iran-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei-rcna261645?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are wasting their time. Khamenei&rsquo;s son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Khamenei&rsquo;s son is unacceptable to me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also said the new leader &ldquo;is not going to last long&rdquo; without Trump&rsquo;s approval.<\/p>\n<p>When the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/09\/us-news\/trump-tells-the-post-hes-nowhere-near-ordering-iran-ground-mission-at-nuke-facility-not-happy-with-tehrans-new-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> asked Trump about the new leader on Monday, Trump replied, &ldquo;Not going to tell you. Not going to tell you. I&rsquo;m not happy with him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7382697\/trump-iran-war\/\">Time<\/a> released last week, Trump said that the U.S. must &ldquo;be able to deal with sane and rational people&rdquo; after the war.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the things I&rsquo;m going to be asking for is the ability to work with them on choosing a new leader,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going through this to end up with another Khamenei. I want to be involved in the selection. They can select, but we have to make sure it&rsquo;s somebody that&rsquo;s reasonable to the United States,&rdquo; Trump continued.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/wants-iran-leadership-structure-gone-preference-good-leader-rcna262039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> that &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want someone who would rebuild over a 10-year period.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Monday indicated the war could be winding down sooner than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-chicago-student-leaders-condemn-israel-in-unsigned-anti-semitic-letter\/\" title=\"University of Chicago Student Leaders Condemn Israel in Unsigned Anti-Semitic Letter\">weeks-long conflict<\/a> he had earlier predicted, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/us-iran-war-israel-stock-prices-down-oil-prices-up-despite-trump-reassurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the war is &ldquo;very far ahead of schedule.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the war is very complete, pretty much,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They have no navy, no communications, they&rsquo;ve got no air force. Their missiles are down to a scatter. Their drones are being blown up all over the place, including their manufacturing of drones. If you look, they have nothing left. There&rsquo;s nothing left in a military sense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Together, with our Israeli partners, we&rsquo;re crushing the enemy in an overwhelming display of technical skill and military force,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Iran&rsquo;s drone and missile capability is being utterly demolished. The navy is gone, it&rsquo;s all lying at the bottom of the ocean.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, the son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has been chosen to lead Iran. The Wall Street Journal, cited by Mediaite, reports that Trump told aides he would support killing Mojtaba Khamenei if he won\u2019t concede to U.S. demands, such as ending Iran\u2019s nuclear program. The report, attributed to current and former U.S. officials, suggests Israel would likely carry out any such assassination. The White House did not comment.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had previously opposed Mojtaba\u2019s selection, describing him as a \u201clightweight\u201d and saying he should be involved in the appointment, adding that Mojtaba wouldn\u2019t last long without Trump\u2019s approval. When asked by the New York Post about the new leader, Trump refused to comment and said he was not happy with him. In a Time interview released recently, Trump said the U.S. must be able to work with a \u201csane and rational\u201d leader after the war and that he would want a role in choosing a successor to ensure it\u2019s someone acceptable to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told NBC News that the U.S. does not want a leader who would rebuild Iran over ten years. He indicated the war might end sooner than earlier predictions, telling CBS News that the war was progressing ahead of schedule. He claimed Iran has no navy, no meaningful communications, no air force, and that its missiles and drones are being destroyed, with much of its military capability annihilated. He said, with Israeli partners, the effort was crushing Iran and destroying its drone, missile capabilities, and naval forces<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2577881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-09T173759.167.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6286,3823,73936,3634,75436],"class_list":["post-2577880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-assassination","tag-iran","tag-supreme-leader-2","tag-trump","tag-us-demands"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-09T173759.167.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577880"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577885,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577880\/revisions\/2577885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2577881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}