Iran will ⁠no longer have ‌capacity ‌of weaponry ‌against ‌US and its allies once conflict ends: Donald Trump

'Iran naming Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader will lead to ⁠just more of the same problem ‌for the ‌country'

United States President Donald Trump has said that once the US ⁠is done with the military ⁠operation ‌against Iran, Tehran ‌will ⁠no longer have ‌any capacity ‌of weaponry ‌against ‌the United States, Israel ⁠and ⁠any US allies for a long ​time.

Trump also said that Iran naming Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader would "lead to ⁠just more of the same problem ‌for the ‌country".

At the news conference held in Florida on Monday, Trump discussed matters related to the ongoing conflict in Middle East, as tensions continued to escalate between the countries involved.

Trump said ​the United States was ​close ⁠to finishing the "excursion" — an apparent ⁠reference ‌to the US-Israeli ‌air war ⁠on Iran — even ‌as ‌he threatened ‌Tehran ‌against trying to stop the ⁠world's ⁠oil supply, Reuters reported.

He said ​the ⁠US could ⁠declare ‌its military campaign ‌against ⁠Iran a success, ‌but ‌the ‌they ‌are going to ⁠go ⁠further.

Trump also said that the US ‌was "very much ‌on ⁠top" of tracking ‌whether ‌Iran ‌has ‌activated "sleeper cells" ⁠in ⁠the country.

Reacting to the announcement of Iran declaring the new Supreme Leader, ⁠Trump said ‌​he was "disappointed" that the country named Mojtaba to succeed ​his ⁠slain father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

"We think it's going ‌to lead to ⁠just more of the same problem ‌for the ‌country," Trump told ‌reporters.

When asked whether the ⁠new ⁠leader had a target on his back, Trump said it would be "inappropriate" to ​say whether or ​not he does.

(With inputs from agencies)