Trump overtly puts a regime change in Iran on the table
On social media, US President Trump has suggested the possibility of the current Iranian regime being overthrown after getting directly involved in the conflict between Iran and Israel, according to The Guardian on June 23rd.
On June 22nd Trump declared that the US had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, following Israel into the direct conflict in a significant step away from the foreign policy agenda he has so far carried out during his second term in office.
In a statement, Trump described Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites as “totally obliterated”, as part of the west’s mission to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon.
Limiting Iran’s uranium enrichment is an indirect way of preventing them from building nuclear weapons; on April 19th Maghrebi reported on Iran potentially stepping back into negotiations if the US agreed to not abandon the deal again.
Experts have argued that it would not be possible to entirely destroy a knowledge-based nuclear programme through military strikes, according to the Guardian on June 23rd.
Following the announcement of the strikes, Trump posted on Truth Social about a regime change. “It is not politically correct to use the term ‘regime change’, but if the current Iranian regime is unable to make Iran great again, why wouldn’t there be regime change?”
According to the Guardian, Israel has been seeking a regime change in Iran for some time, but historically the US governments have not encouraged or enabled an overthrow to be carried out.
Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had previously tried to assuage tensions by stating that the US would not enter the conflict or force a regime change, which was since been contradicted by Trump.
The Guardian/Maghrebi
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