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Mattis: US Not Pursuing Regime Change in Iran

by Reuters

   WASHINGTON --

   The United States has not instituted a policy of regime change or
   collapse in Iran, U.S.

   Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday, telling reporters that the
   goal was still to change Iran's behavior in the Middle East.
   Asked whether the Trump administration had created a regime change or
   collapse policy, Mattis said: "There's none that's been instituted."
   "We need them to change their behavior on a number of threats that they
   can pose with their military, with their secret services, with their
   surrogates and with their proxies," he added.