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Israel Hopes to Trigger a Revolt in Iran

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for Mar. 4. Israel’s military is targeting sites in Iran connected to the country's police state, in what WSJ correspondent Margherita Stancati says is a strategy aimed at helping enable a popular uprising against Iran’s leaders. Plus, South Korean stocks see a record drop as fighting in the Mideast ripples across Asian economies. And James Talarico wins Texas’s Senate Democratic primary on a message of electability. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.3

Israel attacks Iran's police state, hoping to kick off a popular revolt against the country's leaders.

0:40.3

Plus, a record drop for South Korean stocks as conflict in the Middle East drags Asia's economies.

0:46.3

And James Talariko wins Texas' Senate Democratic primary on a message of electability.

0:52.3

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1:00.0

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1:06.0

It's Wednesday, March 4th.

1:08.0

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of

1:11.3

Watts News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:19.1

Israel says it shot down an Iranian jet fighter over Tehran this morning, and what it claims

1:24.9

is the first ever air-to-air shootdown of a manned fighter

1:28.1

by an F-35. The journal's Margarita Stankatti says that comes as Israel is also continuing

1:34.4

attacks against Iran's police state, hoping that airstrikes can clear the way for a revolt

1:39.7

against the country's rulers. In the first few days of war, we have seen Israeli forces strike the headquarters,

1:47.1

bases, and local command centers belonging to special police units and the ideologically driven

1:53.4

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as well as the Basij Militia, which are the street level and

1:58.8

forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards.

2:02.3

And collectively, this sends a message that Israeli forces want to degrade Iran's ability

2:07.8

to suppress internal dissent in the hopes that this could pave the way to another domestic

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