Why Did the U.S.–Israel Iran Strategy FAIL?

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]According to media reports, the US Israel failed in Iran due to deep misjudgment and flawed political bet.

[00:00:07]Building a regime change plan around Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but the plan failed on the war's first day when Ahmadinejad was injured by an Israeli strike that had been designed to free him from house arrest. After that, he became disillusioned with the regime change plan. He has not been seen publicly since then and his current whereabouts and condition remain unknown. Moreover, this choice was strange as he too was a hardliner, big defender of Iran's nuclear program, a harsh critic of the US, [music] and one of the most anti-Israel leaders of his era. He was known for calls to wipe Israel [music] off the map. Ultimately, this misjudgment over a post-Ayatollah alternative led to an uncontrolled war in the Middle East that could resume soon.