U.S. and Israeli attacks could increase solidarity within Iran and make regime change less likely, analyst Negar Mortazavi said in an interview published by Al Jazeera on Oct. 20.
Mortazavi described stronger national identity as a possible response to the conflict, even as domestic grievances persist. She presented that response as a possibility, not an outcome that has occurred.
The White House said in a March 12 release that its campaign aimed to target Iran’s missiles and navy, curb its support for armed groups and prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
At the same forum, U.S. Ambassador to Turkiye and Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack questioned the results of earlier U.S. efforts to replace governments in the region, Al Jazeera reported.
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said mediators continued to carry messages between Washington and Tehran, according to Al Jazeera’s forum report. Mortazavi said the sides still disagreed over what an agreement would require and the order in which its steps would take place.
