Despite Trump's claims, there's no indication Iran's regime has lost power, Western officials and experts say

President Donald Trump said in his address to the nation on Wednesday night that regime change has occurred in Iran because all of the country's original leaders are dead

President Donald Trump said in his address to the nation on Wednesday night that regime change has occurred in Iran because all of the country's original leaders are dead.

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But there is no indication that the authoritarian government has lost its grip on power or that successors to assassinated leaders have made a break with the Islamic Republic’s ideology, according to multiple Western officials, U.S. intelligence assessments and regional analysts.

The U.S. and Israel say they have killed numerous senior figures in the clerical regime since they launched their campaign against Iran on Feb. 28, including the former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.