Trump says 'most of the candidates' to take over Iran were killed in airstrikes

US President Donald Trump has said that Iran could face difficulties in selecting its next supreme leader.

According to Report, speaking to ABC News, Trump claimed that recent US strikes were so effective that they eliminated most of the candidates.

"The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates … It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead," Trump said.