Abbas Araqchi reacts to the scenario of the assassination of Ali Khamenei by the United States

“If a new leader is elected, it will happen whenever it is necessary, so we have no problem with it. I have seen in the American media and elsewhere proposals for the elimination of the leader and similar ideas. But this is a system. It is a well-established mechanism that exists within the system itself, so that nothing will collapse. Everyone will be replaced using established procedures,” Arakchi said.

“Our system does not depend on the people. It is supported by the people. That is why I am not worried at all. Even in the midst of a war, nothing collapsed, and we were able to continue our self-defense. If something like this happens again, we will deal with it. There is no problem with the system,” the Iranian foreign minister concluded his words.

Trump added today in his speech and mentioned the operation in Iran during the month of June 2025, “Operation “Lavish”, and later said that “for decades the policy was to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons. The Ayatollah regime has murdered and wounded hundreds of Americans and in recent months. They murdered 32,000 protesters.”

Trump continued: “The Iranians are developing missiles that will soon reach the United States. We warned them not to continue developing the missile and nuclear programs. We are in negotiations with them but we have not yet heard the magic words from them – that they will never develop nuclear weapons. I prefer to reach a diplomatic solution, but we will never allow them to develop nuclear weapons.”

Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, said that the Trump administration is looking to achieve a nuclear agreement without an expiration date, and that Iran must agree to permanent restrictions on its nuclear program. This is according to a report in Axios.