Netanyahu to Iranian people: Your path to freedom is near, ‘we are helping, but in the end it depends on you; it’s in your hands’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the Iranian people in his Hebrew-language press conference this evening that the “moment” they will have the chance to gain freedom is “approaching.”

In addition to aiming to dismantle the Iranian regime’s missile and nuclear capabilities in the ongoing US-Israeli bombing campaign, “we are working to advance another objective: to create the conditions that will allow the Iranian people to remove the cruel tyrannical regime that has oppressed them for nearly fifty years,” Netanyahu says.

“We are delivering crushing blows to the Revolutionary Guards and the Basij, their street forces, their checkpoints – and more is yet to come,” he continues.

“I say to the Iranian people: The moment when you will be able to embark on a new path of freedom is approaching. That moment is drawing closer. We stand with you. We are helping you. But in the end — it depends on you. It is in your hands,” the premier says.

Netanyahu delivered similar remarks five days ago, telling the Iranian people in a video message that “The moment of truth is drawing near.” He also said as much on Tuesday. However, in this evening’s press conference, he indicates that there is no guarantee that the Iranian people will be willing and able to oust the regime.