Saar says Israel weakening Iran to enable regime change
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday that Israel was working to weaken Iran’s leadership to create conditions for change, saying Tehran had already been significantly weakened.
“We don't want to be in a new war every year,” Saar told a press conference in Jerusalem. “In order to do that, we need to do what we do today.”
He said Israel’s actions were aimed at enabling Iranians to shape their own future. “It is eventually in the hands of the Iranian people… but this brutal, repressive regime must be weakened to an extent it will be possible,” he said.
Saar also referred to Israel’s targeting of senior Iranian figures, saying: “Ali Larijani had a $10 million prize on his head. We did it for free.”
He also referred to Mojtaba Khamenei, saying: “We still haven't seen Mojtaba… He can continue to hide, but not showing his face is becoming embarrassing for this regime.”
Saar said Iran had been “dramatically weakened” by recent strikes and was “not the country it was three weeks ago in any way.”
“In order to see a change, also, the Iranian people must see that this regime is weakened,” he added, saying Israel would continue its campaign until its objectives were achieved.
