Mamdani declines to say if Iran better off without Khamenei

(JNS) — Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, declined to say if Iran is better off without the ayatollah when asked during a press conference on Tuesday.

“I’ve said before that the Iranian government has engaged in systematic repression of its own people, even killing thousands of Iranians who were seeking to express the most basic forms of dissent earlier this year. It is a brutal government,” the mayor said, standing alongside New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.

“I’ve also said that while I may be a young mayor, I am old enough to remember the devastating consequences of our country pursuing a w...