New Delhi, June 24 -- US President Donald Trump hinted at a "regime change" in Iran just hours after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, "This mission [US attacking Iran's nuclear sites] was not and has not been about regime change."

The idea of killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also surfaced during the Iran-Israel conflict. It was said that Trump had vetoed an Israeli plan to kill the Iranian Supreme Leader, but the US President later claimed Khamenei was an "easy target" but would not be killed, "at least for now".

This left the door open for a discussion of what exactly President Trump meant by "regime change."

Meanwhile, Israel, which is in conflict with Iran, has not ruled out killing Khamenei. Last week, Is...