The former Head of the British Army has issued a stark civil war warning while setting out three "strategic objectives" following the Iran war.
Speaking on the Camilla Tominey Show, Richard Dannatt said: "What happens next I think is a very open question. I think there are probably three things that we ought to focus on. Three strategic objectives if you like.
"One is to erode and degrade the Iranians capability to launch ballistic missiles at Israel and US and UK bases in the Middle East, and that will be achieved, that degradation will occur.
"Second, I think, is the attempt, quite rightly, to deny Iran having a nuclear weapon capability, and that almost certainly will be achieved.
"The third issue is this vague notion of regime change. Now, as many people have said, this is not going to be imposed from the sky," Lord Dannatt said, echoing the words of Sir Keir Starmer.
He continued: "It'll only come about when the Iranian people themselves decide that they want to have a different form of Government, a different form of governance in their country."
The peer added the issue with the third factor is the Iranian opposition is "very fragmented", explaining: "There is a real danger that in the chaos that's being created now, the Iran will descend itself into chaos."
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