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Regime change in Iran may not deliver the results Israel hopes for

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A woman carries a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran on June 20.

A woman carries a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran on June 20.

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Israel has many military plans for Iran, ranging from the destruction of the country’s nuclear programme to the elimination of Tehran’s missile capabilities.

Yet since unleashing a war against Iran on June 13, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been clear about his key political objective: Nothing less than the wholesale removal of Iran’s clerical government.

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