March 18, 2026
Israeli Leadership Moves to Destabilize Regime’s Leadership Structure
Delano D'Souza welcomed Elisa Catalano Ewers, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security to discuss how Israeli envisions destroying the Iranian regime from within. Their approach is not one of immediate collapse, but of calculated and sustained pressure. Ms. Catalano Ewers finds many external assumptions deeply flawed, particularly the expectation that the Iranian population can mobilise under sustained bombardment. And the recent assassination of figures like Larijani risks eliminating any pathway to diplomacy.
Watch the full interview on France24.
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