Why regime change in Iran isn't so simple

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader along with other top Iranian security officials. But Iran experts say that the Islamic Republic will not fall so quickly. What to know about the deep-rooted infrastructure of the Iranian regime.

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0:58.2	I'm Megyn Chakrabardi.
0:59.6	In early February, the U.S. and Iran were talking.
1:04.0	February 6th in Oman, Geneva on the 17th, and again in Geneva on the 26th.
1:10.4	And we thought we had a deal, but then they backed out. And they came back and we thought we had a deal and they backed out. I said, you can't deal with these people. You've got to do it the right way. Well, Trump says Iran backed out. But on Friday, February 27th, Oman's foreign minister, Badir bin Hamad al-Basidi, made a rare
1:29.5	appearance on U.S. media. He was a key third-party mediator in the talks. He appeared on
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