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Trump praises Iranian people but slams regime as ‘system of failure’

Mar 9, 2026, 22:39 GMT+0

Asked if he still considers helping people of Iran, Trump said: "I'd like to, if they can behave, but they've been very menacing. You know, they're great people. They have an amazing population. It's amazing, smart, brilliant, energetic. They have a great I'd love to help them, but they have to be in a system that allows them to be helped, and right now they're in a system that only allows failure."

"And I don't want that, and I want a system that's not going to be attacking us. We want a system that can lead to many years of peace, and if we can't have that, we might as well get it over with right now," he added.

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US President Donald Trump takes a question as he speaks during a press conference at Trump National Doral Miami in Miami, Florida, US, March 9, 2026

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