American president says regime change in Iran has been achieved: US-Israel attacks hit Iran energy sites, cutting power to Tehran: UN peacekeeper killed in Lebanon: Iran parliament speaker accuses Washington of using diplomacy as ‘smoke screen’, planning ground operation: Iran missile strike on Kuwait power station kills an Indian worker: Iran’s cruise missile destroys Israel’s industrial zone
US President Donald Trump has said that the US-Israel war against Iran has achieved regime change and a deal could be reached “soon” with Tehran.
Iran on Monday confirmed the death of Revolutionary Guards Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri following severe injuries, Iranian media reported, based on a statement by the guards.
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said on March 26: “In a precise and lethal operation, the IDF eliminated the commander of the IRGC Navy, Tangsiri, along with senior naval command officials.”
Iran launched strikes on Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, meanwhile after Iranian electrical facilities came under attack, cutting power to parts of Tehran and surrounding areas.
As Israel continued to press its offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the UN Force in Lebanon said a peacekeeper had been killed on Sunday and another critically injured by a projectile that hit a UNIFIL position.
UNIFIL said they did not know the origin of the projectile but were investigating.
Trump, citing the number of Iranian leaders who have been killed in the month-long US-Israeli war against Iran, said regime change has already been achieved and the new leadership is “much more reasonable”.
“We’ve had regime change,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One. “We’re dealing with different people than anybody’s dealt with before. It’s a whole different group of people. So I would consider that regime change.”
Asked whether there could be a deal with Iran this coming week, Trump said: “I do see a deal in Iran. Could be soon.”
Trump said that Iran has accepted “most” of a 15-point proposal put forward by Washington to end the ongoing conflict, with the framework conveyed through Pakistan in indirect negotiations.
Trump indicated that Tehran had largely agreed to the demands. “They gave us most of the points. Why wouldn’t they?” he said, adding that the US may still push for “a couple of other things” as discussions progress.
