Signs of change inside Iran may not yet be visible in the streets, but the deeper process is already underway, according to Sogand Fakheri, an Iran analyst at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.
She compared the situation to nature, saying that just as growth begins underground before it can be seen above the surface, the same is true for political change in Iran today.
Fakheri said fear remains one of the biggest obstacles preventing a mass uprising. In her view, ordinary Iranians still do not have the ability to confront the regime’s Basij forces directly. She also stressed that removing senior figures alone would not be enough to bring real change, because while individuals can always be replaced, the regime’s ideology is far harder to uproot.
NEWSRAEL: WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
This assessment points to a crucial reality in Iran: regime change may not begin with dramatic scenes in the streets, but with a slower erosion of fear, loyalty, and ideological control from within. For Israel and the wider region, that means the real threat to the Iranian regime may develop quietly before it becomes impossible to ignore.
