How Israel Tried and Failed to Change the Iranian Regime

The U.S. and Israel were united in going to war with Iran to change the regime. Mark Mazzetti, a New York Times investigative reporter, explains how the failure of Israel to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s new leader led the U.S. to narrow its efforts in Iran to just launching attacks with no plan for a new government.

By Mark Mazzetti, Nour Idriss, Nikolay Nikolov, Arijeta Lajka, Stephanie Swart, Rafaela Balster, Jon Miller and Whitney Shefte