Following US and Israeli strikes on Tehran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were “more and more signs” that Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been eliminated. DW has the latest.
Iran’s regime ‘deeply entrenched,’ expert tells DW
After US President Donald Trump called on Iranians to rise up against the religious regime, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, Fawaz Gerges, told DW that this could be “suicidal for tens of thousands of Iranians.”
He said the Iranian government still has a significant popular base of support, which means an uprising could lead to “civil strife.”
“The Iranian leadership is deeply entrenched. They have had time to plan and to coordinate their actions. And I think they’re planning for a long war,” Gerges added, noting that the consequences for both the Iranian people and the region could be catastrophic.
