Iran at the Breaking Point: Strategic Goals and Regional Impact

Prof. Kobi Michael discusses the strategic importance of the joint military efforts against Iran, highlighting how successful operations encourage the U.S. and Israel to persist until the Iranian regime reaches its breaking point.

He explains that while the Iranian leadership displays resilience and targets American assets and tries to exhaust the Israeli society and the Gulf countries, in order to increase pressures on the US to cease the war, the US considers a game changer by isolating Tehran from energy and transportation and actually paralyizing the regime and facilitates the conditions for its collapse by the Iranian people.

Finally, he emphasizes that a significant weakening or change of the regime would dismantle the support system for regional proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas, fundamentally transforming the Middle East’s security architecture

The full interview took place on ILTV on April 5, 2026.

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