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2026-04-04 18:27:43
[Analysts refute Trump's claim that "Iran's leadership is more moderate," saying the regime is actually more hawkish] (1) US President Trump said this week that Iran's new leadership is "more moderate and more rational," and Trump and the Pentagon have repeatedly claimed that a regime change has occurred in the country. (2) However, most political scientists and analysts believe that a regime change should refer to an external force changing the way a country governs, not just changing the leaders of the system. On the contrary, the war has strengthened the power of Iran's hardline military faction and exacerbated anti-American sentiment. (3) Mona Yacoubian, director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, pointed out that the regime is more hawkish, less inclined to compromise, and has a more direct connection with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; the "decapitation" of Iran's supreme leader has not translated into a major change in power or stance toward the United States.
