Neither the US nor Israel will 'succeed in replacing the Iranian regime,' retired US general says

A retired U.S. wide predicted that "neither Israel nor the U.S. volition afloat win successful replacing the Iranian regime." 

Former Lt. Gen. Mark Schwartz was quoted by the Israel Hayom paper arsenic making the remark. The associated U.S. and Israeli missions against Iran, named Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion, are successful their 20th time Thursday.

"In my nonrecreational assessment, neither Israel nor the U.S. volition afloat win successful replacing the Iranian regime. The main crushed is that determination are dozens, if not hundreds, of Iranian spiritual leaders who tin regenerate the Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah, if helium is eliminated," Schwartz told Israel Hayom. 

"No substance however galore successors you termination 1 aft another, determination volition ever beryllium different 1 successful line. Iran's quality and information apparatus, the Revolutionary Guards, and the Iranian subject besides person depth. They are susceptible of replacing the apical of the enactment if it is destroyed," helium reportedly added. 

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Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Schwartz, left, and Iran’s caller ultimate leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, right. (U.S. State Department; Rouhollah Vahdati/ISNA/WANA via Reuters)

Schwartz is simply a vocation Green Beret who served successful the U.S. Army for 33 years, according to The National Special Forces Green Beret Memorial, wherever helium is the president of the advisory board.  

The enactment said, "During his career, Mark served passim the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa," and, "He has had the accidental to pb strategical readying and operations moving with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the United Nations, the European Union, and the United States Agency for International Development." 

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Recent footage shared by U.S. Central Command showed strikes against airplanes during the Iran war. (U.S. Central Command connected X)

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard had warned Wednesday that if the Iranian authorities survives Operation Epic Fury, "it volition apt question to statesman a yearslong effort to rebuild its military, missiles and UAV forces."   

Gabbard besides said the quality assemblage "assesses that Operation Epic Fury is advancing cardinal alteration successful the portion that began with Hamas's onslaught connected Israel connected October 7th, 2023, and continued with the 12-day warfare past year, resulting successful weakening Iran and its proxies."   

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed astatine the opening of Operation Epic Fury connected Feb. 28, 2026. ( Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran via Getty Images)

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The run truthful acold has resulted successful the sidesplitting of erstwhile Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has been replaced by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei.