The Iranian regime would prefer to see Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Iran expert Eliahu Yossian, who said on Sunday that opponents of the regime in Iran view the same prospect with dread.
Speaking with Shai Goldstein and Ori Melamed about the possibility of a change of government in Israel, he opened with a blunt assessment. "The Iranian regime sees Bibi as an angel of death, and that is why they prefer Eisenkot," he said.
Yossian based his assessment on his personal and professional familiarity with Iran. "I say this as a genuine Iranian, born in the 1980s, who was in Iran until 2003, and to this very day I swim in Iranian media and Iranian reactions," he said. "I also know the matter at the level of 8200, behind the scenes and intelligence. Regime supporters, behind the scenes as well, prefer Eisenkot."
