US Intelligence Report Says Large-Scale War Unlikely To Achieve Regime Change in Iran

03/09/2026 Notes in the Margin

A classified report from the Nat’l Intelligence Council has found that even a large-scale US assault on Iran is unlikely to produce regime change.

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