The joint, coordinated attack on Iran by the US and Israel eliminated the high-value target of Donald Trump’s Operation Epic Fury, killing Tehran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after the US president repeatedly called for “regime change” in the Islamic Republic. But whether that goal will now be realised remains uncertain. A Washington Post report says a regime-change transition in Iran is still “unlikely.”
According to a classified report cited by the Washington Post, even a large-scale US military assault on Iran would be unlikely to topple the country’s entrenched military and clerical establishment, casting doubt on regime-change expectations as the Donald Trump administration signals a broader military campaign that officials say has “only just begun.”
