While both American and Israeli officials have called on the Iranian people to enact regime change, there are reasons to believe that the Islamic Republic will not be overthrown in the near future. For this reason, any significant opposition movement or attempt at regime change would only arise once the fighting has ceased. During the Twelve-Day War, the Crown Prince emerged as the most prominent Iranian opposition figure due to his public efforts[xv] to spur regime change in Iran. A different and more destabilizing way to create regime change would be for the U.S. and Israel to exploit tensions between Iran’s ethnic minorities. U.S. officials have even said that President Trump expressed willingness to support groups[xxiv] within Iran willing to take up arms to overthrow the regime.

Source: Washington Post March 06, 2026 20:32 UTC