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envisions for protesters that are sort of picking up and delivering the fatal blow of this operation, which would be a change in Iran's leadership.

Let's hear a clip of President Trump on that point.

Have we seen people hitting the streets in Iran, Jared?

And what should we be watching for there in the days, weeks to come?

And Alex, crucially, there hasn't been a leadership vacuum yet.

I mean, there may have been attacks trying to target members of the Iranian leadership, but from what we've been able to determine, no one's been killed.

There isn't any openings to be filled.

Jared, how realistic is all of this?

I see Iran's foreign minister has now come out and called the prospect of regime change mission impossible.

I've been speaking to Wall Street Journal Middle East correspondent Jared Malson in Istanbul and national security reporter Alex Ward in Washington.

Jared, Alex, thank you both so much.

And that's it for this special episode of What's News Sunday.

Today's show was produced by Pierre Bien-Aimé with supervising producer Sandra Kilhoff and deputy editor Chris Sinsley.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

We'll be back on your feet again on Monday morning.

Until then, thanks for listening.

Hey, What's News listeners, it's Sunday, February 22nd.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News Sunday, the show where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news by reaching out to our colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what's happening in our world.

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