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Iran will target Dimona nuclear site if regime change is sought, Iranian official says
The Jerusalem Post ^ | March 5, 2026 | Amichai Stein

Posted on 03/05/2026 4:56:19 PM PST by Twotone

Iran will target the Israeli nuclear site of Dimona if Israel and the US seek regime change in the Islamic Republic, semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing an Iranian military official.

In recent days, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump have said that the objective of the operation is to “create the conditions for the Iranian people to replace the regime.”

While some had said that Trump may claim the condition had been met and end the operation within days, senior Israeli officials told The Jerusalem Post that the US would stay in the fight until regime change actually happened.

“Trump intends to go all the way with this move,” one senior official told the Post. “He has already marked the target. He wants to replace the regime, and he has no intention of taking his foot off the gas.”

The regime is currently struggling to manage the current situation, due not only to the damage inflicted on senior regime and military leaders, particularly in the opening moments of the operations, but also to strikes on mid-level commanders, field units, and command centers, US and Israeli officials told the Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dimona; iran; israel; surrenderordie

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1 posted on 03/05/2026 4:56:19 PM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

They were waiting to do this, until now.


2 posted on 03/05/2026 4:57:37 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Twotone

They can target it....but can they hit their target?


3 posted on 03/05/2026 5:00:06 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: Twotone

If they could have done it, they would have done it already.


4 posted on 03/05/2026 5:02:36 PM PST by roving
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To: Twotone

When their air defenses, air force, navy, and most missiles are gone, they still have their journalists ...


5 posted on 03/05/2026 5:03:29 PM PST by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: Twotone

They may target it, but they’ll be shot down in short order.


6 posted on 03/05/2026 5:12:45 PM PST by TermLimits4All ("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
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To: Twotone

Like they haven’t tried already


7 posted on 03/05/2026 5:14:32 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Twotone

Clearly they retain the ability to shoot off their mouths.


8 posted on 03/05/2026 5:15:21 PM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: af_vet_1981

“When their air defenses, air force, navy, and most missiles are gone, they still have their journalists”

Correction
“they still have OUR journalists!”.


9 posted on 03/05/2026 5:15:43 PM PST by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: rellic

If we had likes here I give you a bunch!


10 posted on 03/05/2026 5:17:18 PM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Nateman

Unfortunately.


11 posted on 03/05/2026 5:29:50 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Twotone

We seek Regime Change.

We said so already.

We decapitated your leadership.

We continue to destroy all regime targets.

And you’re not quite sure what our motives are still?

Your move.


12 posted on 03/05/2026 5:43:05 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (May we notice massive black violence without being labeled “racist!” so we can work on solutions?)
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To: Twotone

At the rate we’re decimating their military they would have to deliver the warhead via Amazon.

CC


13 posted on 03/05/2026 5:43:48 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Probably not feasible. Iran shot missiles at an Amazon data center today. Bezos will probably refuse the delivery.


14 posted on 03/05/2026 5:53:08 PM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Twotone

In a couple more days they will not have the ability to target anything.


15 posted on 03/05/2026 6:21:36 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: proxy_user

The only thing Iran has proven to the world is they are fully capable of getting blown up.
No one believes a word they say anymore.


16 posted on 03/05/2026 6:34:22 PM PST by Zathras
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To: Twotone

These bastages fought an 8 year war to a DRAW with Iraq. Who we ran through in 100 hours.

I’m not surprised they’re proving to be mostly useless.


17 posted on 03/05/2026 9:06:07 PM PST by FrankRizzo890
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To: FrankRizzo890

Should Israel have a nuclear site that can be blown up? Aren’t nuclear weapons separate?


18 posted on 03/05/2026 9:42:33 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: sauropod

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19 posted on 03/05/2026 11:07:08 PM PST by sauropod
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To: Twotone

US military strikes Iranian drone carrier on ‘mission to sink entire’ navy, footage shows

https://nypost.com/2026/03/05/world-news/us-military-strikes-iranian-drone-carrier-on-mission-to-sink-entire-navy-footage-shows/


20 posted on 03/05/2026 11:31:42 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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