Trump claims Iran's "new regime" is more moderate, experts say Iran's regime has not changed and is more hardline

According to Jin10, U.S. President Trump stated this week that Iran's new leadership is "more moderate and more rational." Trump and the Pentagon have repeatedly claimed that a regime change has occurred. However, most political scientists and analysts believe that a regime change should refer to external forces altering a country's governance, not just replacing the leaders of that system. On the contrary, this war has actually strengthened the power of Iran's hardline military factions and intensified anti-American sentiments. Mona Yacoubian, Director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said: "This regime is more hawkish, less inclined to compromise, and frankly, has closer ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. We saw the top Iranian leaders at the time being 'decapitated,' but this did not lead to...