While publicly urging Iranians to take to streets, Israeli officials said to privately admit protesters will be ‘slaughtered’

While Israel has publicly urged Iranians to take to the streets once the ongoing US-Israeli strikes across the Islamic Republic subside, senior Israeli officials have reportedly told US diplomats that Iranian will “get slaughtered” if they go out and protest against the regime.

The Israeli assessment was detailed in a cable sent by the US Embassy in Jerusalem back to the State Department and obtained by the Washington Post.

The assessment also noted that Iran’s regime is “not cracking,” is willing to “fight to the end” and that its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp “has the upper hand.”

Despite the grim forecast, Israeli officials told their American counterparts that Jerusalem still hopes that a popular revolt in Iran will unfold and that the US should be prepared to support protesters if they take to the streets.

The cable summarized recent meetings US officials held with Israel’s National Security Council, Defense Ministry and Foreign Ministry, the Post says.

In response to the story, Israel’s embassy in the US said that Jerusalem is “focused on eliminating the regime’s military capabilities — to everyone’s benefit.”

“Iranians have risked their lives taking to the streets time and again, including just this past January. There are opposition groups who have been working independently for years to overthrow the regime,” the embassy adds.