US President Donald Trump jokes about the popularity of the name Mohammad while mocking Iran’s presidency at a campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia, ahead of the November 3 midterm elections (File photo)
Masoud Pezeshkian has been Iran’s president since 2024. Trump also reiterated his vow that Iran would never obtain a nuclear weapon, seven months after the United States and Israel launched a war against Tehran aimed, in part, at crippling its nuclear programme.
“Iran is the only country where nobody wants to be president,” Trump said, before pretending to ask several people named Mohammad whether they wanted the job. Trump’s remarks come amid repeated criticism from rights advocates and Muslim advocacy groups over what they describe as rhetoric that mocks or demonises Muslims, immigrants and ethnic minorities. US President Donald Trump joked about the popularity of the name Mohammad in the Muslim world while taking aim at Iran’s presidency during a campaign rally in Georgia on Friday.