“They Want to Break Iran Apart”: Dr. Foad Izadi on U.S.-Israeli Plans to Reshape the Region

As Israel expands its war across the region—with full U.S. backing—Tehran-based professor Dr. Foad Izadi says the goal isn’t just regime change. “They want to create a failed state—like Libya. Break Iran apart. Separate the oil-rich provinces.”

Those provinces, he explained, could be turned into a system like Saudi Arabia—delivering oil wealth to the U.S. in exchange for protection. “Then Trump can talk about all the foreign investment coming into the United States.”

With Iran fragmented, Izadi said, “the rest of the Middle East can fall in line—under U.S. corporate control, Israeli military domination, and Arab petrodollars funneled westward. “Iran is the obstacle,” Izadi said.

He described the war as an effort to undo Iran’s 1979 revolution. “Before the revolution, Iran was a U.S. client state. People overthrew that system. The current push is about returning Iran to what it was under the Shah.”

Globally, Izadi argued, the U.S. seeks long-term leverage over China. “About 40% of China’s energy comes from this part of the world,” he said. “If the U.S. controls that oil, they can use it as a pressure point in any future confrontation.”

And at the center of it all is Palestine. “Gaza is under genocide. And we’re the only state doing anything about it,” he said. “When you witness genocide, you’re not supposed to just watch—you’re supposed to act. That’s what Iran is doing.”