{"id":50678,"date":"2026-04-14T18:06:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50678"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:06:49","slug":"mossad-chief-israels-iran-mission-only-complete-when-regime-is-replaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50678","title":{"rendered":"Mossad chief: Israel&#8217;s Iran mission only complete when regime is replaced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6393094658112\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\">CENTCOM announces 10K US troops aiding Strait of Hormuz blockade<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-324c3b57=\"\">Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy reports on the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warns of an \u2018Iran war tax.\u2019 Retired USMC Col. Mike Jernigan provides analysis on \u2018The Faulkner Focus.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Mossad Director Dadi Barnea declared Tuesday that Israel\u2019s operations against Iran will end &#8220;only once the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/iran\">extremist regime in Iran<\/a> is replaced.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Barnea made the remark during a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/holocaust\">Holocaust commemoration event<\/a>, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"Hyperlink SCXW247714990 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/iran-us-cease-fire-talks-stalled-2026\/card\/mossad-still-seeks-iranian-regime-change-israeli-spy-chief-says-4hPZulbRgTkmh54Qspl6\"><u>The Wall Street Journal.<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We meticulously planned so that our operations would continue and manifest themselves even in the period following the strikes in Tehran,&#8221;\u00a0Barnea\u00a0reportedly said. &#8220;Our commitment will be fulfilled only once the extremist regime in Iran is replaced.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Forty days\u00a0of intense combat have led to highly significant achievements, foremost among them a blow to the enemy&#8217;s central\u00a0objective\u00a0&#8212; the destruction of the State of Israel,&#8221; Barnea added, according <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/iran-us-cease-fire-talks-stalled-2026\/card\/mossad-still-seeks-iranian-regime-change-israeli-spy-chief-says-4hPZulbRgTkmh54Qspl6\"><u>to Ynetnews.<\/u><\/a> &#8220;However, our mission has not yet been completed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/trump-iran-blockade-israel-war-april-14\"><strong>LIVE UPDATES: FRESH IRAN TALKS COULD BEGIN THIS WEEK AS US CONTINUES BLOCKADE ON PORTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/343\/192\/mojataba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/686\/384\/mojataba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/672\/378\/mojataba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1344\/756\/mojataba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1200\/675\/mojataba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Mojtaba Khamenei attending a demonstration in Tehran\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>File photo shows Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran&#8217;s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attending a demonstration to mark Jerusalem day in Tehran. <\/span> <span>(Morteza Nikoubazl\/NurPhoto)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israel began its Operation Roaring Lion against Iran on Feb. 28, the same day the U.S. military launched Operation Epic Fury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The joint U.S.-Israel effort has decimated Iran\u2019s military and missile infrastructure and resulted in the death of former Iranian Supreme Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ali-khamenei\">Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/china-slams-us-military-blockade-strait-hormuz-dangerous-irresponsible-move\"><strong>CHINA SLAMS US MILITARY BLOCKADE OF STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS A &#8216;DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE MOVE&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/343\/192\/mojtaba-khamenei-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/686\/384\/mojtaba-khamenei-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/672\/378\/mojtaba-khamenei-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1344\/756\/mojtaba-khamenei-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1200\/675\/mojtaba-khamenei-photo.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Mojtaba Khamenei standing in Tehran, Iran\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Iran\u00e2s Assembly of Experts has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei (R) as the nation\u00e2s new supreme leader, succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, capital of Iran, on March 04, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Iranian President&#8217;s Press Office\/Anadolu)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s new Supreme Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/irans-supreme-leader-severely-disfigured-us-strikes-report%20\">Mojtaba Khamenei<\/a> is severely disfigured after sustaining leg and face injuries during initial airstrikes on Tehran in February, Reuters reported earlier this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/343\/192\/al-khamenei-iran.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/686\/384\/al-khamenei-iran.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/672\/378\/al-khamenei-iran.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1344\/756\/al-khamenei-iran.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1200\/675\/al-khamenei-iran.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arriving to cast his vote during the 2024 presidential election\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives to cast his vote during the 2024 presidential election. (Sobhan Farajvan\/Pacific Press\/LightRocket)<\/span> <span>(Sobhan Farajvan\/Pacific Press)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Khamenei is recovering after incurring the injuries in the Feb. 28 airstrikes that killed his father.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News Digital\u2019s Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/israels-spy-chief-says-iran-mission-only-end-when-extremist-regime-replaced\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CENTCOM announces 10K US troops aiding Strait of Hormuz blockade Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy reports on the U.S. blockade of the Strait&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}