President Donald Trump was hesitant to fully support exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi as the next leader of the country if the current regime falls, saying, “We really aren’t up to that point yet.”

Trump voiced his insights on the protests against the Islamic regime in Iran and the deadly crackdown on the demonstrators in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday. The protests against the regime led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began in late December, with the crackdown from the Iranian government on the anti-regime protesters quickly turning deadly. Over 2,500 people have died in the suppression of the demonstrations, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.