After Trump Talks of ‘Regime Change,’ Israel Carries Out Strikes Targeting Iranian Tools of Repression
24th June 2025
Israel on Monday destroyed multiple targets the Iranian regime uses to stifle popular unrest and police internal dissent, potentially paving a way for the country’s repressed population to rise against its hardline rulers. The strikes came just a day after President Donald Trump put out a call to “MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN” and signaled support for regime change.
The Jewish state shifted the focus of its campaign from the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program to regime power centers and Tehran’s internal security apparatus. The strikes were meant to further destabilize a regime already on the ropes after the United States dropped massive bunker-buster bombs and tomahawk missiles on its three most significant nuclear sites.
More than 50 Israeli fighter jets struck “military command centers” across Tehran, including its Basij Headquarters, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) outpost that enforces Islamic law and detains those who violate it, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Other targets included the Sayyid-al-Shuhada Corps, a homeland defense faction that suppresses internal unrest, and the General Intelligence Directorate of the Internal Security forces, which oversees Tehran’s domestic security wing and disseminates propaganda.