The military operation against Iran entered its tenth day on Monday. Iran’s new supreme leader is settling into the role, but is reportedly already wounded.
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Monday’s live updates below. All updates in Eastern time
11:20 AM: Trump “not happy” with new Khamenei
Speaking to the New York Post on Monday morning, U.S President Donald Trump expressed his displeasure with the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his slain father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the next Supreme Leader of Iran.
While Trump said that he would not reveal America’s plans for the younger Khamenei, he said: “I’m not happy with him.”
The U.S. President had previously described the 56-year-old cleric as a “lightweight” and warned that any new Iranian leader would need his approval.
Additionally, President Trump told The Post that he is “nowhere near” ordering troops on the ground in Iran, saying: “We haven’t made any decision on that.”
11:10 AM: German Chancellor: Iranian regime must be “shut down”
“The sooner the mullah regime stops, the sooner this war will be over,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday, according to the BBC.
“Iran is the centre of international terrorism, and this centre must be shut down, and the Americans and Israelis are doing that in their own way,” he added.
11:00 AM: Iranian soccer players deserve asylum, says Trump
Trump demands Australia grant asylum to five members of the Iranian female soccer team over concerns they will face persecution in their homeland after refusing to sing the national anthem of the Islamist regime during a match against South Korea last week.
“Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran National Woman’s Soccer team to be forced back to Iran, where they will most likely be killed,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Don’t do it, Mr. Prime Minister, give ASYLUM. The U.S. will take them if you won’t.”
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