Netanyahu: Foundations of Iran’s ‘terror regime’ have cracked, ‘it’s doomed to fall’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “the foundations” of the Iranian regime “have cracked” and that “it is doomed to fall,” in remarks shared by his office from a speech last night at a farewell ceremony for outgoing Mossad chief David Barnea.

“The price that Iran has already paid is very heavy. The foundations of this regime of terror in Iran have cracked. It will never return to what it once was, and I tell you — it is doomed to fall,” Netanyahu said.

“Let every enemy plotting harm against Israel know that their schemes will fail. The price they will pay will be extremely heavy,” he warned, after he appeared to back down from a planned attack on Hezbollah targets in Beirut yesterday following intervention by US President Donald Trump.

Turning to address Barnea, Netanyahu told him that “great things were accomplished during your watch,” saying his five years as Mossad chief were “among the most fateful in our history.”

“Thank you for 30 years of dedicated service in the Mossad; and special thanks for the past few years, which yielded significant successes and remarkable achievements for Israel’s security,” he said.

Netanyahu’s outgoing military secretary, Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, is set to enter the role of Mossad chief today.