A quarter century before the 1979 revolution, the US and UK helped depose democratically elected Iranian PM Mossadegh. Now, Israel is seeking a redux with US help.
As the military conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies, United States President Donald Trump has threatened that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is “an easy target” for American forces.
“We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now … Our patience is wearing thin,” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday.
With the Trump administration considering whether to use US aircraft and weapons to back Israel’s campaign against Iran, cracks have begun to appear within his “Make America Great Again” or MAGA movement.
Commentator Tucker Carlson and Trump’s one-time adviser Steve Bannon, among other supporters, have argued that the military action against Iran is fundamentally aimed at a regime change, not just at decimating Tehran’s nuclear programme. Appearing in Bannon’s podcast, War Room, Carlson told him, “You’re not going to convince me that the Iranian people are my enemy. It’s Orwell, man. You’re not telling me who I have to hate.”
