Assassinate Khamenei! Trump: Time Has Come for Regime Change in Iran | WPN World People News

Anti-government protests continue to escalate across Iran, driving international tensions to a boiling point. U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 17th that Iran should put an end to the 37-year rule of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and seek “new leadership” to achieve regime change.

Protests erupted across Iran late last month over severe economic hardship and have since evolved into large-scale anti-government demonstrations. Protesters are demanding an end to the current regime, while authorities have deployed security forces and opened fire on demonstrators. According to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), verified data show that 3,090 people have been killed, including 2,885 protesters, and more than 22,000 people have been arrested.

Although the United States has temporarily refrained from launching military strikes against Iran, tensions between Washington and Tehran remain high. Trump further lashed out at Khamenei, calling him a “sick person” who should govern his country properly and stop killing his own people. Trump said true leadership is about earning respect, not consolidating power through violence and the killing of citizens. He added that due to disastrous leadership, Iran has become one of the worst places in the world to live.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro went even further, predicting that Trump could order a “decapitation strike” against Supreme Leader Khamenei in the coming days. Shapiro noted that U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups are set to deploy to the Middle East, and argued that Trump’s increasingly hardline stance toward the Iranian regime, combined with Khamenei’s provocative rhetoric on social media, points to the possibility that Washington may resort to extreme measures.

While Trump has confirmed that his national security team has presented him with a range of hardline policy options, including military ones, he has yet to publicly confirm whether he has signed a specific order to assassinate Khamenei. Nevertheless, Trump has already canceled all planned contacts with Iranian officials, making Washington’s strategy of using military pressure to force political change increasingly clear.

Shapiro stressed that even if Khamenei were removed, regime change in Iran would not occur immediately, and that genuine political transformation must ultimately be driven by the Iranian people themselves.