The protests in Iran give Trump an opportunity for regime change at a crucial time
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Former Iranian political prisoner Navid Mohebbi said President Donald Trump’s stand against the Iranian government presented a rare and potentially historic opportunity for change, as protesters challenged what he described as one of the world’s most brutal governments.
Mohebbi said that the level of chaos inside Iran, combined with the leadership of the US, which he believes has shown that it is willing to resist Tehran, has put the country in a state of change, with the result of the future of Iran, the security of the United States and the stability of the world.
“What’s happening right now is a historic test, not only for Iran, but for the whole world,” Mohebbi said Saturday on “My View with Lara Trump,” arguing that Trump’s actions in the coming days could change history.
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A former political prisoner in Iran said President Donald Trump is “the only US president who is not afraid of him [the Iranian] kingdom.” (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images; Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“This is one of the moments, in my opinion, that will be written about for generations to come,” he added. “I think President Trump’s legacy is on the line here as well, and in the best possible way. I think his administration has a rare opportunity to redefine America’s global leadership by standing up to people who are asking for freedom.”
He said Trump faces a rare, legacy-defining opportunity to stand with Iranians seeking freedom and advance US interests by “weakening a regime that sponsors terrorism, destabilizes the Middle East and threatens… global security, including the life of President Trump.”
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Mohebbi alleged that millions of Iranians took to the streets and that security forces killed “over 12,000 and up to 20,000 people.”
Cars burn on a street during a protest sparked by the devaluation of the Iranian rial in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2026. (Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
The US-based Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency estimates that more than 3,000 people have been killed in three weeks of unrest, although Iranian authorities have not released a death toll and a national internet shutdown has made independent verification difficult.
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Mohebbi pointed to Trump’s past confrontations with Tehran, including the 2020 assassination of Qassem Soleimani and recent strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
“Today, the American people really see why it was important. If a state can kill 20,000 of its own people, you can only imagine what it could do with a nuclear weapon.”
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr and Frank Miles contributed to this report.
