The US-Israeli strikes have significantly weakened Iran and its clerical leadership but cannot guarantee regime change in the country without an internal uprising, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his first press briefing since the start of the war.
“We are creating the optimal conditions for a toppling of the regime,” the Israeli leader told reporters via a video conference, adding that forms of aid for the Iranian opposition will include airstrikes such as those carried out by the Israeli Air Force on Basij Force roadblocks and soldiers in Tehran a day earlier.
“But, again, I do not deny that ...