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Netanyahu has openly called for the Supreme Leader to be overthrown - but Iran’s opposition remains fragmented

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When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the IDF would strike Iran last week, he made no secret of his long-running ambition to wipe out Tehran’s authoritarian regime.

Addressing the Iranian people, he said: “I believe that the day of your liberation is near; and when that happens, the great friendship between our two ancient peoples will flourish once again.”