“I do not think that the death of Khamenei would change anything.”

We had the pleasure of hosting a discussion between Mariam Claren and Kirsten Fontenrose on the possibility of regime change in Iran.
20.02.2026

We had the pleasure of hosting a discussion between Mariam Claren, Special Representative and the Head of Iran Programs at the human rights NGO HÁWAR, and Kirsten Fontenrose, nonresident Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative in the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Program, on the possibility of regime change in Iran – and what the German and US government should do to support the Iranian civil society.

Check out the last edition of Better Be Prepared, moderated by Jakob Flemming, Senior Program and Research Manager at Atlantik-Brücke, below:

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