But now Saar also acknowledged that “the regime” in Iran could be toppled only by the Iranian people – an apparent acknowledgment that an uprising does not look imminent.
The Israeli military has said it has been carrying out airstrikes on Iran’s ballistic missile launchers, and storage and production facilities. It has also bombed sites that it said were linked to Iran’s nuclear program, and attacked security forces.
“We have already won,” Saar said, describing Iran as “dramatically weakened” and no longer the country it was before the war began with joint US-Israeli strikes on February 28.
“This is clear for us and for our neighbours, but we will continue until the point that the mission is complete,” he said.
Even as Saar claimed victory, echoing remarks by US President Donald Trump on March 11, Iran fired numerous salvos of missiles at Israel, highlighting Tehran’s continued ability to conduct long-range strikes after more than two weeks of war.
Meanwhile, Trump has said the US is “not ready to leave yet”.
“We’ll be leaving in the near future, in pretty much the very near future,” he said.
Reuters
