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Regime Collapse in Iran: A Necessity for Regional Stability?
(Henry Jackson Society-UK) Barak Seener - Until recently, Israel maintained a purely defensive posture, striking at Iranian proxies on its immediate borders. This shielded Iran, which uses its terrorist proxies to enhance its strategic depth. Following Iran's missile attack on Israel in 2024, Israel targeted Iran's air defenses. This was followed by the decapitation of Hizbullah and the fall of the Assad regime. Then came the war in June 2025 in which Israel and the U.S. successfully targeted Iran's nuclear facilities. This was the first time that Iran had been held to account for its malign activities after decades in which over 1,000 U.S. service people were killed across the region. Israel's spearheading of the attacks that destabilized the Iranian regime was greenlit by the Trump administration. This was a reversal of the Biden administration's commitment to "deescalation" that only served to embolden the Iranian regime. Going forward, Israel must maintain its air supremacy that affords it operational freedom in Iran since the regime's nuclear goals remain unchanged. Therefore, Israel and the U.S. should adopt a broader strategy of seeking to topple the Iranian regime. The writer is an Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society.