Iran regime collapse possible after Trump strikes against Iran, author says

As an Iranian American who has devoted his entire career to the promise of such a moment, there is much to say. And now we are finally here.

It feels surreal to watch Iranians take to the streets waving the lion and sun flag, singing old freedom songs and shedding tears of disbelief. These are people who literally buried their children for the chance of freedom. Their joy came after a day they never thought they would experience after 47 years of drowning.

It is difficult to understand why a people so desperate for justice, so hungry for freedom, applaud the military attacks on their own lands as the price of liberation. They know better than anyone the price of freedom. But while Iranians dance and pray for the rebirth of a nation, many voices in the United States cast this moment as “a new war for oil,” a favor to Israel, or a boon to defense contractors.

Such skepticism misunderstands both the risks and the strategy. What we are witnessing is a deliberate, calculated intervention designed to end the nearly fifty-year war with the Islamic Republic. The Trump administration’s strategic imperative has never been “regime change” per se. It was to ensure that the Iranian regime never acquired nuclear weapons and did not continue to terrorize its neighbors or Americans abroad.

But by carrying out these attacks and collapsing the regime’s military infrastructure, President Trump has effectively done what past presidents feared. It pushed the Islamic Republic to the point of collapse. And in his statements to the Iranian people, he made it very clear that the responsibility for reclaiming their own destiny now lies on their shoulders. America will not send troops to occupy Tehran or rebuild Iran from outside. The USA will stand by the Iranian people morally, politically and technologically, but will also give up on the shortage of soldiers in the field.

WHILE THE MASSACRES CONTINUED, IRAN’S CROWN PRINCE MADE A NEW CALL TO Trump TO Weaken the Ayatollah’s Regime

Cars burn on the street during a protest over the devaluation of the currency in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026. (Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency), via REUTERS)

Iran is not Iraq. Not Afghanistan. The Iranian people are not fragmented tribes held together by foreign intervention. They are a proud, educated and deeply patriotic nation that remembers the era before the Islamic Republic. Decades of oppression, censorship and brutality have not broken their spirit. Tens of thousands of people were imprisoned, tortured or executed. Women risked their lives to remove their headscarves in public. Journalists disappeared to print the facts. Students were shot or hanged for chanting “death to the dictator”. These people are ready, and in many ways, they have already begun their revolution.

Let me be very clear: America did not start a war with the Islamic Republic. The regime declared war on us in 1979, when militants stormed our embassy in Tehran, captured 52 American diplomats and held them hostage for 444 days. Since then, its leaders and proxies have attacked our soldiers, allies, and even civilians through terror and assassinations in the Middle East. Their strategy from day one has been to export terrorism to maintain power within the country.

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Iranian royalist supporters hold banners and flags during a demonstration in central London. Supporters of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi gathered for a march and rally in central London in coordination with demonstrations in Los Angeles, Toronto and Munich. (James Willoughby/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

For decades, successive administrations have chosen to tolerate or appease this aggression. President Donald Trump, along with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has chosen to confront this issue head-on. In doing so, he not only neutralized one of the world’s most dangerous regimes, but also opened the Iranian people’s first window of true freedom in two generations.

Yes, this campaign is strategic and yes it serves the interests of the United States. A non-nuclear, post-theocratic Iran would mean greater stability in the Middle East, a reduced threat to American forces, and a powerful blow to global terrorism.

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While the celebrations extend from Tehran to Los Angeles, one fact remains clear: This time is different. The Iranian people do not expect America to bring them democracy; they take possession of it themselves. And finally the world is no longer looking away. Let’s celebrate together.

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