US Attack on Iran: Regime Change Not Imminent Despite Initial Reports

The Israeli and US attack on Iran on Saturday (February 28) may have killed many senior officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, but regime change is not in sight in Iran. However, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has now said that the US military operation is not aimed at regime change in Iran. Before him, President Trump has said many times that he wants to overthrow the Islamic regime from Iran. A day earlier, Trump had called on Iranians to rise up for regime change. In such a situation, Pete Hegseth's latest statement is being considered different from the earlier signals. According to Chellani, a senior geopolitician and professor of strategic studies at the Center for Policy Research (CPR), Trump's new stand on the issue of Iran has also failed to defeat the U.S. government.