WASHINGTON DC — Rep. Yassamin Ansari, a Democratic member of Congress and the only Iranian American Democrat in the chamber, called in early March 2026 for President Donald Trump's removal from office over the military conflict with Iran. Ansari warned that Trump represents a clear and present danger to Iran, the United States and the world.

The U.S. and Israel launched military strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, 2026. Trump had threatened to wipe out Iran's civilization, and schools, bridges and hospitals were bombed during the strikes. Trump later announced a two-week ceasefire.

"He is an evil human being who wants to be an emperor and should be removed from office over the war in Iran," Ansari said in a television interview. "There is no doubt in my mind he is mentally unstable and not all there but I also believe he is a deeply troubled, evil human being that only cares about himself and his family."

In the first six months of his second term, Trump launched military strikes on seven countries. During his presidential campaign, he had promoted an "America first" ideology that would keep the country out of foreign conflicts such as those in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Ansari said Trump's domestic record reflected the same disregard for ordinary people. She said Trump did not care about democracy, freedom or human rights for the American people, and questioned why anyone would believe he cared about those values for Iranian people. She also criticized a segment of the Iranian diaspora for supporting Trump, comparing them to roughly 30 percent of Americans she said were still backing him.

"I cannot believe we are in this moment. I cannot believe that this is happening in the United States and I cannot believe there are not more people doing everything that they can to stop this," she said.

In January 2026, thousands of Iranians were killed in a crackdown on nationwide protests by the Islamic Republic regime. Ansari said Iranians had undergone a horrific massacre at the hands of their own regime and that, after 47 years of trying to rise up against it, many were asking for foreign intervention out of desperation.

Ansari described the Iranian government as deeply entrenched and called it an ideological, fanatical regime willing to die for its cause. She said there was a lack of understanding of who the administration was dealing with in the Islamic Republic, and warned that Iranians would be worse off after the strikes, with civilian infrastructure destroyed, a more repressive regime and an economy in shambles, predicting mass starvation and a food security crisis.

Ansari's father came to the U.S. in the early 1970s on a student visa. Her mother arrived in 1981, fleeing the regime's clampdown on women's rights.