True Change In The Mideast Could Hinge On Regime Change In Iran

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Israel takes out multiple high level members of the Iranian regime including Iran’s Minister of Intelligence, Esmaeil Khatib. Khatib was responsible for overseeing Iran’s entire global terror apparatus, including sleeper cells in locations around the world. Meanwhile, Iran targeted Tel Aviv in what it said was retaliation for Israel's assassination of Iran's security chief Ali Larijani. FOX’s Eben Brown speaks with Amb. Danny Ayalon, former Israeli Ambassador to the United states and the Chairman of the Silver Road Capital Group, who says true change in the Middle East hinges on the tyrannical Iranian regime being deposed. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Trey Gowdy.
0:00.9	I'm Shannon Bream.
0:01.8	I'm Stuart Vani, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:08.0	Wednesday, March 18th, 2026.
0:10.8	I'm Evan Brown.
0:11.8	As the U.S. war against Iran continues, so does Israel's.
0:15.4	And the Israelis are looking not just to beat the Iranian regime, but to make a permanent
0:20.5	lasting change.
0:22.5	Time to build their murderous machine. They will not have this time. They will be pursued every
0:28.3	day until they have no capabilities. Intentions, we cannot change their hearts. But the capabilities
0:35.2	is something that we can measure. It's something that we can see.
0:38.9	And after the 7th of October, we decided no more. This is the Fox News Rundown, Operation Epic Fury.
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1:20.2	The US calls its war against Iran Operation Epic Fury.
1:24.9	We've borrowed that for the subtitle of this podcast for now, but the Israelis
1:29.1	call it Operation Roaring Lion, a reference to the emblematic lion of the Persian people,
1:35.6	and that seems to be a goal for the Israelis to see the Persian people empowered and ridding themselves
1:40.6	of their Islamist rulers after nearly five decades, a half century that has brought
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