Analysis: Can the Iran-Israel Air Campaign Topple the Iranian Regime?

Times of Israel diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman examines whether the ongoing U.S.-Israel bombing campaign against Iran can achieve regime change without ground troops. The analysis notes that while the campaign eliminated senior Iranian leadership including Supreme Leader Khamenei and severely degraded Iran military capabilities in its first week, major challenges remain. Iranian Kurdish opposition forces, which number only a few thousand armed fighters and historically distrust American commitments, are assessed as unlikely to serve as a decisive internal lever for regime change.