Netanyahu: War aims to enable Iranians to 'bring down the regime'
"I have added a third objective, which is to create, for the Iranian people, the conditions to bring down this regime," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised media briefing.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 13 March 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the war on Iran was also aimed at enabling Iranians to overthrow the country's clerical rule.
"I have added a third objective, which is to create, for the Iranian people, the conditions to bring down this regime," Netanyahu said in a televised media briefing, adding that the other two goals remained preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons and destroying its ballistic missile capabilities.
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