Israeli PM says Israel is working to overthrow Iran’s government

What the report says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel is working to overthrow Iran’s government, according to Al Jazeera’s report based on an interview he gave to i24 News. The remarks were presented as part of Israel’s broader confrontation with Iran and suggest a more explicit political aim than simply deterring or weakening Tehran.

In the interview, Netanyahu said that systems under his direction were working to bring down Iran’s ruling authorities and defeat them. Al Jazeera reported the comments without adding further details about how such an outcome might be pursued or whether any official Israeli policy documents had been released alongside the statement.

The timing of the remarks, published by Al Jazeera on 2 September 2026, is significant because tensions between Israel and Iran have already been high over security, regional influence and military conflict. For readers, the statement matters because it frames Israel’s goals in unusually direct terms and could affect diplomatic reactions in the region and beyond.

As a general matter, governments often use interviews to signal political intent, but no additional outcomes were reported in the source material. The article provides a brief account of Netanyahu’s comments rather than a broader analysis of Israeli or Iranian response.