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 nan U.S. will afloat win successful replacing nan Iranian regime." 

Former Lt. Gen. Mark Schwartz was quoted by nan Israel Hayom newspaper arsenic making nan 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 master assessment, neither Israel nor nan U.S. will afloat win successful replacing nan Iranian regime. The main logic is that location are dozens, if not hundreds, of Iranian belief leaders who tin switch nan Supreme Leader, nan Ayatollah, if he is eliminated," Schwartz told Israel Hayom. 

"No matter really galore successors you termination 1 aft another, location will ever beryllium different 1 successful line. Iran's intelligence and information apparatus, nan Revolutionary Guards, and nan Iranian subject besides person depth. They are tin of replacing nan apical of nan statement if it is destroyed," he 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 profession Green Beret who served successful nan U.S. Army for 33 years, according to The National Special Forces Green Beret Memorial, wherever he is nan president of nan advisory board.  

The statement said, "During his career, Mark served passim nan Middle East, Europe, and North Africa," and, "He has had nan opportunity to lead strategical readying and operations moving pinch nan North Atlantic Treaty Organization, nan United Nations, nan European Union, and nan United States Agency for International Development." 

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

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

Gabbard besides said nan intelligence organization "assesses that Operation Epic Fury is advancing basal alteration successful nan region that began pinch Hamas's onslaught connected Israel connected October 7th, 2023, and continued pinch nan 12-day warfare past year, resulting successful weakening Iran and its proxies."   

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

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