{"id":104893,"date":"2026-02-14T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/trump-says-change-in-power-in-iran-would-be-the-best-thing-that-could-happen\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T06:00:14","slug":"trump-says-change-in-power-in-iran-would-be-the-best-thing-that-could-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/trump-says-change-in-power-in-iran-would-be-the-best-thing-that-could-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says change in power in Iran 'would be the best thing that could happen'"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday that a change in power in Iran \u201cwould be the best thing that could happen\u201d as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump made the comments shortly after visiting with troops at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and after he confirmed earlier in the day that he\u2019s deploying a second aircraft carrier group to the Mideast.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like that would be the best thing that could happen,\u201d Trump said in an exchange with reporters when asked about pressing for the ouster of the Islamic clerical rule in Iran. \u201cFor 47 years, they\u2019ve been talking and talking and talking.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president has suggested in recent weeks that his top priority is for Iran to further scale back its nuclear program, but on Friday he suggested that\u2019s only one aspect of concessions the U.S. needs Iran to make.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who traveled to Washington this week for talks with Trump, has been pressing for any deal to include steps to neutralize Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program and end its funding for proxy groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we do it, that would be the least of the mission,\u201d Trump said of targeting Tehran\u2019s nuclear program, which suffered significant setbacks in U.S. military strikes last year.<\/p>\n

Iran has insisted its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Before the June war, Iran had been enriching uranium up to 60% purity, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels.<\/p>\n

Trump said the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world\u2019s largest aircraft carrier, is being sent from the Caribbean Sea to the Mideast to join other warships and military assets the U.S. has built up in the region.<\/p>\n

The planned deployment comes just days after Trump suggested another round of talks with the Iranians was at hand. Those negotiations didn\u2019t materialize as one of Tehran\u2019s top security officials visited Oman and Qatar this week and exchanged messages with U.S. intermediaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn case we don\u2019t make a deal, we\u2019ll need it,\u201d Trump told reporters about the second carrier. He added, \u201cIt\u2019ll be leaving very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Already, Gulf Arab nations have warned any attack could spiral into another regional conflict in a Mideast still reeling from the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Iranians are beginning to hold 40-day mourning ceremonies for the thousands killed in Tehran\u2019s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests last month, adding to the internal pressure faced by the sanctions-battered Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday that a change in power in Iran \u201cwould be the best thing that could happen\u201d as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran. Trump made the comments shortly after visiting with troops at Ft. 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