Iran’s regime endures despite major US strike, experts say

Despite the largest US-led assault in decades and reports (later confirmed) of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death, The Conversation interview with diplomat Donald Heflin argues regime change in Iran remains unlikely: large-scale U.S. ground intervention is improbable, popular uprisings are unlikely, and Iran’s entrenched leadership and Revolutionary Guards suggest the regime would endure, with leadership shifts likely to occur from within rather than through collapse.