"Donald Trump appeared unsure over who should take over in Iran - as he was asked for a 'worst case scenario' - as he spoke with reporters alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on Tuesday. "I guess the worst case would be we do this, and then somebody takes over who's as bad as the previous person, right? That could happen. We don't want that to happen. That would probably be the worst. You go through this, and then, in five years, you realise you put somebody in who is no better. So we'd like to see somebody in there that's going to bring it back for the people," he said. The US and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday morning. Tehran said it was responding with strikes on Israel and US assets in the region, with explosions reported in countries right across the Gulf region. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed dead in a strike on Saturday. It comes after a number of rounds of talks between the Americans and Iranians. "