In an 18-minute press conference on the flight from Equatorial Guinea to Rome, Pope Leo XIV was asked two questions about Iran: the first, regarding his position on regime change there and on the confused state of its negotiation with the United States; the second, whether he would condemn Iran for the execution of opposition figures and the killing of thousands of protestors.
The Italian TV journalist, Ignazio Ingrao, recalled that in Cameroon, Pope Leo had described the world being turned upside down by a handful of “tyrants” who risk destroying the planet. He noted that the negotiations to end the war in Iran “are in chaos” and the conflict is having a heavy impact on the world’s economy. He asked if Leo wished for “a change in regime in Iran,” given its repression of protestors in recent months and the concern over its race for a nuclear bomb.
