US Says No Regime Change in Iran
“Usa doe nit want regime change in iran”
Summary
Current U.S. officials and intelligence assessments indicate that the United States is not pursuing regime change in Iran and views any military action as unlikely to topple the government. Public opinion also shows strong opposition to a regime‑change war.
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- Majority of Americans oppose military action in Iran, new poll finds | PBS News
In the days since the president ... doing so, including regime change, preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and stopping what he described as imminent threats to American forces....
- Forget Regime Change. How About Behavior Change? - POLITICO
“‘Regime change’ requires a degree of state building that these guys don’t want to do,” argued Ali Vaez, a top Iran analyst with the International Crisis Group — “these guys” meaning Team Trump.
- Shrinking weapon stockpiles and regime-change uncertainty: doubts shadow US-Israel war on Iran | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian
US government reviews of the war in Iran show that the Trump administration may be ill-equipped for a regime-change war, according to reports.
- Trump’s ever-changing rationale for war on Iran – how the story has shifted
Destroy Iranian offensive missiles, destroy Iranian missile production, destroy their navy and other security infrastructure, and they will never have nuclear weapons. ... This is not a so-called regime-change war, but the regime sure did change, ...
- Recent U.S. Assessment Found an Attack on Iran Unlikely to Result in Regime Change - The New York Times
A report by the National Intelligence Council completed before the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran assessed that even a large-scale military assault on the country would be unlikely to topple its theocratic government, according ...
- Airstrikes alone unlikely to result in regime change in Iran, expert warns: "It has never worked" - CBS News
Washington — U.S. and Israeli airstrikes alone are unlikely to result in the ouster of the Iranian government, according to an expert in air campaigns, who said that the risks are growing for a more drawn-out war that could spread beyond the ...
- Trump contradicts US intelligence on Iran, doesn't address regime change as before - ABC News
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also shifted focus away from regime change in a press conference at the Pentagon earlier Monday, telling reporters the operation was not a "so-called regime-change war."
- Is the U.S. headed toward a military conflict with Iran? : NPR
And their biggest worry about Iran today is that if Iran's leaders believe that regime change is on the way, then there's no reason for them to hold back if they think this is, you know, the fight to the death. And so their interest is not pushing the Iranians to that point. GROSS: David, before you have to go, any final thoughts you want to add?
- Nuclear program, missiles or regime change: Trump struggles to define Iran war goals
And he referenced an Iranian assassination plot against him in 2024, which Iran has denied. “I got him before he got me," Trump told ABC News, not long after word of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death. Senior administration officials have also offered varied explanations for the strikes, and struggled to coalesce around a narrative. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the operation was not about regime change, even though Trump invited Iranians to “seize control of your destiny.” And Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday said Israel was about to attack Iran, and Tehran would then retaliate — so the U.S.
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