{"id":1610,"date":"2026-03-06T08:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:24:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:24:55","slug":"trump-says-irans-leadership-should-be-removed-claims-he-has-candidates-for-good-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/trump-says-irans-leadership-should-be-removed-claims-he-has-candidates-for-good-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran&#8217;s leadership should be removed, claims he has candidates for &#8216;good leader&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants Iran&#8217;s leadership structure removed and claimed he has several candidates in mind who could serve as a \u201cgood leader\u201d for the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019VE KILLED ALL THEIR LEADERS \u2014 Trump on Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sHjetyzeaQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/sHjetyzeaQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eiJyL0eJHH\">pic.twitter.com\/eiJyL0eJHH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RT (@RT_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/2029763255124574645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to go in and clean out everything,\u201d Trump told NBC News in a phone call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don&#8217;t want someone who would rebuild over a 10-year period,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump said he has several people in mind who could lead Iran, but declined to name them. He added that he is taking steps to ensure those on his list make it through the war alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are watching them, yeah,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also addressed statements made on Thursday by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who told \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d anchor Tom Llamas that Iran is prepared for a possible ground invasion by US and Israeli forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calling Araghchi&#8217;s comment \u201cwasted,\u201d Trump said he is not considering an invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a waste of time. They&#8217;ve lost everything. They&#8217;ve lost their navy. They&#8217;ve lost everything they can lose,&#8221; he said, vowing that the pace and intensity of strikes will continue. &#8211; AA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants Iran&#8217;s leadership structure removed and claimed he has several candidates in mind who could serve as a \u201cgood leader\u201d for the country. \u201cWe want to go in and clean out everything,\u201d Trump told NBC News in a phone call. \u201cWe don&#8217;t want someone who would rebuild [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,168],"tags":[233,242,23,24,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-1610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-conflict-zones","8":"category-world","9":"tag-hegseth","10":"tag-israeliranwar","11":"tag-trump","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-war-crimes"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1617,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions\/1617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}