US-Israeli strikes ‘unlikely’ to prompt regime change in Iran, says professor

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A professor specializing on the Middle East says regime change is “unlikely” after U.S.-Israeli airstrikes were launched against Iran on Saturday.

Sina Azodi, of The George Washington University, told WTOP that “a lot of people are hopeful, but you’re talking about a regime that was born into a revolution.”

The joint strike efforts have led to the deaths of high-ranking Iranian officials, including Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.

“It survived many political assassinations in its early years,” Azodi said in an interview with WTOP’s Sarah Jacobs. “At the same time, it was fighting a total war with Iraq from 1980 to 1988. So it’s quite resilient, that’s one issue we have to keep in mind.”

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