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Al Jazeera reports renewed US push for regime change in Iran

Al Jazeera says Washington is again pursuing regime change in Iran, but the supplied report does not identify the measures involved or provide independent corroboration.

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Adrian Cole
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Source: Al Jazeera Global News · View original source
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The United States is again pursuing regime change in Iran, according to a report by Al Jazeera, which questions the rationale for repeating an approach associated with the US invasions after 9/11.

The report characterises those invasions as disastrous and presents the alleged effort in Iran as a renewed attempt to change the country’s government.

The supplied material does not identify which US actions or policies amount to an attempt at regime change. It also provides no timeline for the alleged effort or details of developments inside Iran.

There is no independent corroboration in the source package. The characterisation of current US policy as a regime-change effort therefore remains attributed to Al Jazeera rather than established as fact.

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