Iran says US, Israel goal still to overthrow Islamic republic

The remarks come amid exchanges between Tehran and Washington to draw up an agreement to end the war

May 27, 2026 11:01

TEHRAN: Iran’s intelligence ministry said on Wednesday that the goal of the United States and Israel remained to overthrow the Islamic republic and break up the country.

“The enemy is now pursuing through other means the objective of overthrowing and partitioning the country, which it openly declared at the beginning of the recent war but failed to achieve through military attack,” the ministry said in a statement carried by Iranian media.