Netanyahu: Israel aims to weaken Iranian leadership

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on March 17 that Israel is seeking to weaken Iran’s leadership in the hope of enabling its people to remove the government.

“We are weakening this regime in the hope of giving the Iranian people an opportunity to remove it,” Netanyahu said, Iran International reports.

He stated that Israel had killed Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani as well as the commander of the Basij paramilitary force, describing them as figures who “create terror against the people in the streets of Tehran and other cities.”

Netanyahu also said Israel was coordinating with the United States and providing support to American allies in the Persian Gulf through both indirect strikes and direct actions.

By Sabina Mammadli