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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Oliver O'Connell

Trump suggests regime change in Iran – hours after Vance and Hegseth insisted that was not the plan

Just hours after Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insisted that there was no plan for the U.S. to push for regime change in Iran, President Donald Trump suggested he was open to the idea.

After the U.S. joined Israel’s air campaign targeting Iran's nuclear sites on Saturday with an audacious strike using bunker-busting bombs launched from B-2 bombers, Vance appeared on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday morning.

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