21-07-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Toppling Tehran Isn't Like Sacking Saddam
In his letter, 'Regime Change in Tehran Isn't Worth the Risk' (July 16), Dan DePetris uses the examples of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya to caution unseating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But there are more differences than similarities between those cases and Tehran's.
Iraq and Libya are states that European empires manufactured in the 20th century. Afghanistan has had brief periods of independence, but throughout history it has largely been a territory, mired in war, over which other empires (including Iran) have contested.
