US President Donald Trump confirmed that Ayatollah Khamenei was killed in the attacks on Iran. He stated this in an interview with The Atlantic from his residence at Mar-a-Lago. Trump also mentioned that some of the Iranian interlocutors who had participated in previous negotiations are no longer here, alluding to the recent US and Israeli bombings. "It was a big blow," he said. When asked about the duration of the bombing campaign that began on Saturday and its potential impact on internal opposition in Iran, the president indicated that he would have to assess the situation later. However, he expressed his confidence that an uprising against the Islamic Republic could occur and mentioned celebrations in the streets of Iran, as well as demonstrations of support from emigrants in cities like New York and Los Angeles. The president acknowledged that the current context is dangerous. "People are shouting in the streets with joy, but at the same time, many bombs are falling," he noted, after previously warning the population to stay in their places due to the risk of military escalation. Domestically, Trump assured that the offensive will not affect the midterm elections scheduled for November and defended the strength of the US economy. "They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so we are going to talk with them," he declared. In a telephone interview with The Atlantic from his Mar-a-Lago residence, the head of state affirmed that Iranian authorities "should have done it earlier" and that "they waited too long." The President of the United States, Donald Trump, assured that the new leadership of Iran, established after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has requested to open a channel of dialogue with Washington and that he has acceded to that request. However, he avoided specifying whether the talks will begin immediately. "That question cannot be answered," he stated. He also maintained that the impact on the price of oil will not be significant, although he admitted that "it could have caused a great increase" if the situation had evolved differently. "Some of those we were dealing with are no longer because it was big." "Most of those people are no longer there."
