Iran Crisis: US Seeks Nuclear Deal, Israel Pushes Regime Change Amid Unrest

• Deepening unrest in Iran highlights strategic differences between the US and Israel regarding their objectives.
• Former diplomat Anil Trigunayat states the crisis stems from severe economic distress, political discontent, and social upheaval.
• High inflation and currency devaluation have broadened protests beyond the urban poor to include the middle class and traders.
• The US aims to leverage the crisis to bring Iran back to nuclear deal negotiations on its terms.
• Israel views the unrest as a 'golden opportunity' for regime change, openly appealing to the Iranian people to overthrow the leadership.

Why It Matters: US and Israel have differing goals in the Iran crisis: US wants nuclear talks, Israel seeks regime change.