{"id":2449510,"date":"2025-06-19T17:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-leaders-send-mixed-messages-on-iran-regime-change\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T17:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:19:50","slug":"israeli-leaders-send-mixed-messages-on-iran-regime-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-leaders-send-mixed-messages-on-iran-regime-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli leaders send mixed messages on Iran regime change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisraeli-leaders-send-mixed-messages-on-iran-regime-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2449510&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israeli President Isaac Herzog stated that Israel is not pursuing the elimination of Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah ali Khamenei, or aiming for regime change in Iran, a position that contrasts with comments from an Israeli Security Cabinet member earlier in the day. Herzog emphasized Israel&#8217;s primary focus on addressing Iran&#8217;s nuclear and missile programs, referring to them as a significant threat. <\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz suggested military action against Khamenei, likening him to Adolf Hitler and arguing that Israel would have acted against Hitler if it had the capability during the Holocaust. <\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mixed signals arise<\/a> from Israeli and U.S. leaders regarding Iran, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi called for a democratic restoration in Iran and expressed confidence that the regime will soon fall without resulting in chaos. <\/p>\n<p>The situation escalated recently with missile exchanges between Israel and Iran following Israeli strikes on iranian nuclear sites, prompting discussions about potential U.S. intervention by President Donald Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Israeli leaders send mixed messages on Iran regime change<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2153011\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Thursday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Israel<\/a> is not aiming to eliminate Iran&rsquo;s supreme leader, Ayatollah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ali-khamenei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ali Khamenei\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>, or set into motion a regime change in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Iran\">Iran<\/a> &mdash; a statement that conflicts with an Israeli Security Cabinet member&rsquo;s comments earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have a goal on Khamenei, nor do we have a goal on regime change,&rdquo; Herzog told the Axel Springer Global Reporters network, per <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/iran-regime-change-not-our-aim-israel-isaac-herzog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Politico\">Politico<\/a><\/em>. &ldquo;But it could be historically a clear side effect of major historical consequences that will do good to the Iranian people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3447222\/iran-russia-quiet-trump-weighs-attack\/\">Russia quiet on saving Iran as Trump weighs attacking Tehran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3447099\/russian-sanctions-economic-minister-acknowledges-brink-of-recession\/\">Russian economic minister acknowledges nation is &#8216;on the brink&#8217; of &#8216;recession&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3447125\/hurricane-erick-makes-landfall-mexico-what-to-know\/\">Hurricane Erick: What to know as it makes landfall in Mexico as Category 3 storm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3447028\/israel-kill-khamenei-hospital-strikes-trump-veto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"previously suggested\">previously suggested<\/a> that his nation&rsquo;s military should assassinate Khamenei, whom he likened to Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I compare it to the scenario in which, during the horrific Holocaust, if the State of Israel had existed and a strong Israel Defense Forces had existed, and we knew we could send the IDF into a bunker to capture the enemy of the Jewish people, Hitler, in order to thwart his plan to annihilate the Jews, we would have done it,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-yet-to-call-israels-netanyahu\/\" title=\"Biden Has Yet To Call ...\u2019s Netanyahu\">defense minister<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We would have sent the IDF, extracted him, and eliminated him,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;And just like that, correspondingly, I see the current situation &mdash; Khamenei is the modern Hitler.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Herzog, meanwhile, specified that Israel is committed to eliminating Iran&rsquo;s nuclear and missile programs first and foremost.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are dealing with the Iranian nuclear program, which is a monstrosity, an octopus monstrosity, and has many elements, and we need to remove and delineate their capability,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, President Donald Trump said he believes Iran is &ldquo;very close&rdquo; to developing a nuclear weapon. Months earlier, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified before Congress that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and that Khamenei had not authorized the nuclear program since it was suspended in 2003. Her conclusion was based on ongoing intelligence assessments.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3444164\/trump-odds-tulsi-gabbard-intelligence-community-iran-nuclear-pursuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"dismissed\">dismissed<\/a> Gabbard&rsquo;s statement when asked by reporters about her March testimony, saying, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care what she said. I think they were very close to having one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard later told reporters that she and the president were &ldquo;on the same page.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Iran produced an estimated 400 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium, according to reports. This falls far below the 90% target required for nuclear weapons, but multiple bombs could be developed if the uranium were further enriched.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the mixed messaging from Israel and the United States, Iran&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exiled-iranian-crown-prince-leading-foe-of-iran-regime-to-visit-israel-look-for-peace\/\" title=\"Exiled Iranian Crown Prince, Leading Foe Of Iran ..., To Visit ..., Look For Peace\">exiled crown prince<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3445873\/who-is-reza-pahlavi-iran-exiled-crown-prince\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Reza Pahlavi\">Reza Pahlavi<\/a>, predicted the imminent collapse of the Iranian regime and called on the Iranian people to &ldquo;reclaim and rebuild&rdquo; the nation by establishing democratic rule.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do not fear the day after the fall of the Islamic Republic,&rdquo; Pahlavi <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PahlaviReza\/status\/1935041888886866181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote on social media\">wrote on social media<\/a> this week. &ldquo;Iran will not descend into civil war or instability. We have a plan for Iran&rsquo;s future and its flourishing. We are prepared for the first hundred days after the fall, for the transitional period, and for the establishment of a national and democratic government&mdash;by the Iranian people and for the Iranian people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Israel launched missiles targeting Iran&rsquo;s nuclear sites and top generals last week, prompting Iran to retaliate. Israel and Iran have continued to exchange missiles this week, with Tehran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3447000\/iranian-missile-hits-israeli-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"striking a major hospital\">striking a major hospital<\/a> in southern Israel and hitting residential buildings in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is weighing whether the U.S. should intervene in the Israel-Iran conflict. He is expected to make a decision on whether to launch strikes against Iran within the next two weeks, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3447668\/trump-two-weeks-decide-whether-strike-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"TRUMP TO GIVE HIMSELF TWO WEEKS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO STRIKE IRAN\">TRUMP TO GIVE HIMSELF TWO WEEKS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO STRIKE IRAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether the U.S. joins Israel in an official military capacity, Herzog said Israel will &ldquo;respect&rdquo; Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We think that President Trump has the wisdom, the capabilities, and the clear understanding of the situation,&rdquo; Herzog added. &ldquo;I think that this is a rare opportunity to remove a threat which has been looming over the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2153011\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2153011\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli leaders express conflicting views on Iran&#8217;s regime change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2449511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/herzog_iran.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50462,3823,4671,5061,49699],"class_list":["post-2449510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-leaders","tag-regime-change"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/herzog_iran.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449514,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449510\/revisions\/2449514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}