Lyse Doucet, a prominent BBC correspondent, has cast doubt on former US President Donald Trump’s<\/b> claim that American actions led to a leadership change within the Iranian regime. Trump had asserted that the new leadership, following the reported demise of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/b> and subsequent American and Israeli strikes, was “less radical and much more reasonable.”<\/p>\n
Trump stated earlier this month: “If you look already because the one regime was decimated, destroyed. The next regime is mostly dead. And the third regime, we\u2019re dealing with different people than anybody\u2019s dealt with before. It\u2019s a whole different group of people. So I would consider that regime change.”<\/p>\n
However, reporting directly from Iran, Doucet, the BBC\u2019s chief international correspondent, challenged this narrative. “Trump keeps saying he\u2019s brought about regime change,” Doucet told BBC Radio 4\u2032s Today programme. “There\u2019s really no sign of that and the Iranians would be the first to tell you, yes, the faces have changed, but it\u2019s still the same order.”<\/p>\n
The Iranian regime has indicated that Ayatollah Khamenei<\/b> has been succeeded by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei<\/b>, though the latter has not made any public appearances since the announcement of his new role.<\/p>\nIndications from Recent Negotiations<\/h3>\n
Doucet highlighted last week\u2019s negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan, between US and Iranian delegations, led by JD Vance<\/b>, as an initial insight into the nature of the new leadership. “These talks \u2013 these face-to-face, high-level talks which took place in Islamabad with a US delegation headed by JD Vance \u2013 they give us the first indications of what kind of a leadership this is going to be and what they will do for their people, or indeed against their people,” she explained.<\/p>\n
Further observations by Doucet suggest a hardening stance rather than moderation. She noted that the new head of the supreme national security council is described as “a hardliner among the hardliners.” Additionally, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)<\/b> is “literally calling the shoots,” indicating a more dominant and militarized role. This aligns with long-standing speculation about the IRGC’s increasing influence, which Doucet stated is now manifesting “in an even more dramatic way, more militarised, more hardline.”<\/p>\n
Doucet concluded by observing the regime’s internal control: “There\u2019s no doubt that while they [Iran\u2019s leaders] have been fighting an external enemy, they\u2019ve been keeping a tight grip on the internal enemies as well, as they would see it.”<\/p>\n
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