Experts Say Iran Near Collapse After US-Israeli Strikes on Nuclear Program

A new report suggests Iran’s ruling regime may be on the verge of collapse.

According to findings from the UK-based Henry Jackson Society, the Islamic Republic is in a precarious position as the UN accuses Tehran of executing nearly 900 people this year “as a tool of intimidation.”

The report cautioned that “there is a danger that regime collapse could lead to a vacuum of governance that is accompanied by civil war.”

“This is an outcome that must be avoided at all costs for the Iranian people, and every step must therefore be made to ensure that any transition is quick and painless,” it stated.

The report noted that the regime led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “remains wedded to the Iranian revolution.”

It further said that the government’s determination to “reconstitute its nuclear program and exporting terrorism both regionally and internationally makes it an ongoing danger to the West.”

Joint strikes by Israel and the US in June inflicted major damage on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the report acknowledged. However, it added, “it has not eliminated the strategic and security threats posed by the regime.”

The analysis highlighted that the Iranian opposition, which it described as “culturally liberal and yearns for freedom,” has potential to lead change. Still, it warned that the regime’s ability to suppress dissent “creates for itself greater risk as cultural opposition and economic discontent inform one another.”

“This offers a greater prospect of galvanizing the Iranian opposition if there is a plan for the day after as opposed to a vacuum of governance,” the report concluded. “And in so doing, it contains the best prescription for both resolving the threat the Iranian regime poses to the international community, and to its own people.”