President Donald Trump has insisted the United States will have a role in choosing Iran’s next leader.
“We want to be involved in the process of choosing the person who is going to lead Iran into the future,” he told the Reuters news agency.
“We don’t have to go back every five years and do this again and again … Somebody that’s going to be great for the people, great for the country.”
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka starts offloading crew from second Iranian ship
Sri Lanka has started offloading the 208-member crew of a second Iranian vessel off its coast, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said.
The move comes a day after 87 people were killed in a US submarine strike on an Iranian warship in the region.


