Matt Spetalnick

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Israel’s air strikes ‘aim to break foundations’ of Khamenei’s rule in Iran

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Samia Nakhoul |Matt Spetalnick |Maayan Lubell

INSIGHT Israel’s air strikes ‘aim to break foundations’ of Khamenei’s rule in Iran Observers warn that destabilising regime risks causing chaos 20 June 2025 - 04:30 By Samia Nakhoul, Matt Spetalnick and Maayan Lubell Israel's sweeping campaign of air strikes aims to do more than destroy Iran's nuclear centrifuges and missile capabilities.
Israel’s airstrikes aim to break foundations of Khamenei’s rule in Iran

1 week ago | whbl.com | Samia Nakhoul |Matt Spetalnick |Maayan Lubell

By Samia Nakhoul, Matt Spetalnick and Maayan LubellDubai (Reuters) -Israel’s sweeping campaign of airstrikes aims to do more than destroy Iran’s nuclear centrifuges and missile capabilities. It seeks to shatter the foundations of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s government and leave it near collapse, Israeli, Western and regional officials said.
Israel's attacks on Iran hint at a bigger goal: regime change

1 week ago | japantoday.com | Crispian Balmer |Michael Martina |Matt Spetalnick

Israel's surprise attack on Iran had an obvious goal of sharply disrupting Tehran's nuclear program and lengthening the time it would need to develop an atomic weapon. But the scale of the attacks, Israel's choice of targets, and its politicians' own words suggest another, longer-term objective: toppling the regime itself.
Israel's attacks on Iran hint at bigger goal - regime change

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Crispian Balmer |Michael Martina |Matt Spetalnick

By Crispian Balmer, Michael Martina and Matt Spetalnick, Reuters Analysis - Israel's surprise attack on Iran had an obvious goal of sharply disrupting Tehran's nuclear programme and lengthening the time it would need to develop an atomic weapon. The scale of the attacks, Israel's choice of targets and its politicians' own words suggest another, longer-term objective - toppling the regime itself.
焦点：イスラエルのイラン攻撃、真の目標は「体制転換」か

1 week ago | jp.reuters.com | Crispian Balmer |Michael Martina |Matt Spetalnick

イスラエルによるイランへの奇襲攻撃には、イラン政府の核開発計画を著しく妨害し、核兵器開発に必要な時間を引き延ばすという明白な目的がある。写真は、イスラエルの攻撃で損傷した建物。６月１３日、テヘランで撮影。ＷＡＮＡ提供（２０２５年ロイター/Majid Asgaripour/WANA）［エルサレム／ワシントン１３日ロイター］ - イスラエルによるイランへの奇襲攻撃には、イラン政府の核開発計画を著しく妨害し、核兵器開発に必要な時間を引き延ばすという明白な目的がある。しかし、攻撃の規模や標的の選択、ネタニヤフ首相の発言からは、イランの現体制を打倒する「レジーム・チェンジ」が長期的目標であることがうかがえる。１３日未明の攻撃は、イランの核施設やミサイル工場、軍事指揮系統の要人や核科学者を標的とした。「イスラエルの目的の一つはレジーム・チェンジだ」とブッシュ（子）政権で高官だったワシントン近東政策研究所のマイケル・シン氏は語る。「イスラエルは、イランの人々が立ち上がるのを見たいのだろう」と述べ、民間人の犠牲を最小限に抑えたことも、そのためだと指摘した。...
Ambush of Ramaphosa could leave foreign leaders wary of Trump meetings

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Matt Spetalnick |David Brunnstrom |Daphne Psaledakis

US President Donald Trump turned down the lights in the Oval Office on Wednesday and made President Cyril Ramaphosa the target of his latest geopolitical ambush of a foreign leader in front of television cameras.
Two Israeli embassy staffers killed in Washington shooting, suspect held

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Ryan Jones |Daniel Trotta |Matt Spetalnick

Two Israeli embassy staff were killed in a shooting outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night, and a suspect is in custody, officials said. A man and a woman were shot dead in the area of 3rd and F streets in Northwest which is near the museum, an FBI field office and the US attorney's office. They were a young couple about to be engaged to be married, the Israeli ambassador said.
アングル：米大統領執務室でのドラマ再び、要人は招待受け入れに二の足も

1 month ago | jp.reuters.com | Matt Spetalnick

５月２１日、トランプ米大統領は、テレビカメラが居並ぶ大統領執務室で会談相手の南アフリカのラマポーザ大統領に不意打ちを食らわせた。写真は大統領執務室で会談する両首脳（２０２５年ロイター/Kevin Lamarque）［ワシントン２１日ロイター］ - トランプ米大統領は２１日、テレビカメラが居並ぶ大統領執務室で会談相手の南アフリカのラマポーザ大統領に不意打ちを食らわせた。同執務室は本来、外国要人を歓迎する名誉ある場所だが、リアリティ番組スターの経歴があるトランプ氏には、外国元首をさらし者にする政治ショーの場ともなっている。ウクライナのゼレンスキー大統領が２月に面罵されたのも同執務室だった。ラマポーザ氏の場合もホワイトハウスが最大限の演出効果を狙って仕組んだ異例のシーンだったのは明らか。トランプ氏はラマポーザ氏に対し、南アフリカで白人大量殺害や土地収用など「ジェノサイド（大量虐殺）」が起きていると事実無根の主張を並べ立てた。...
Second Oval Office ambush by Trump could make foreign leaders think twice

1 month ago | whbl.com | Matt Spetalnick |David Brunnstrom |Daphne Psaledakis

By Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Daphne PsaledakisWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump turned down the lights in the Oval Office on Wednesday and made South African President Cyril Ramaphosa the target of his latest geopolitical ambush of a foreign leader in front of television cameras.
Second Oval Office ambush by Trump could make foreign leaders think twice

1 month ago | reuters.com | Matt Spetalnick |David Brunnstrom |Daphne Psaledakis

U.S. President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025.