US President Donald Trump says it would be better for someone within Iran, rather than Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late shah, to lead the country once the war has ended, Al Jazeera reports.

“He (Pahlavi) seems like a very nice person. But it seems to me that someone from within might be better” to take over, Trump told reporters as he met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House.