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>>179617If we do not finish the job and leave a rump of the regime in place, the threat posed by this Islamic Republic will not be solved. It will only be made worse. Those who have spent 47 years sewing chaos, cannot be trusted to bring about stability. Terrorists cannot be trusted to bring peace. If they are left in place, they will bring only more of the instability, chaos, and destruction they have brought for 47 years.
They are not pragmatists. They are thugs. They are not deal makers. They are agents of chaos.
But the other path, the path which finishes the job once and for all, will leave a legacy of peace and prosperity that historians and scriptwriters could only dream of.
That legacy will belong to the heroic people of Iran and to the only President of the Untied States who had the courage and the character to see the mission through. Today, that is the precipice on which we stand. The precipice of true greatness. Iranians are ready to play their part.
The final blow will be delivered by the people of Iran themselves. They are already on the ground, and they have already demonstrated their extraordinary courage. They are ready to fight again But they must be given the chance to do so.
As President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and myself have urged, they are taking shelter while the bombs are falling. But when the right moment arrives—as in January—I will call on them to rise up again. And when they do, I have no doubt they will put an end to the dark chapter of the Islamic Republic once and for all and reclaim their homeland, their dignity, and their future.
But bringing down a regime is only the beginning. What matters next is whether the nation can unite around a leader with broad legitimacy.
Across Iran and throughout the diaspora, millions of Iranians have called on me to lead the transition to democracy. I have accepted that call not to serve myself, but to serve my nation and my people.
In recent years I have unified a broad coalition of dissidents—republican and monarchist, left and right, men and women of all ages, religions, and ethnicities. Even people who were former political opponents, have joined the movement to free Iran under my leadership.
Equally important: Iran’s armed forces and bureaucracy will follow me. Thousands of the regime’s military officials—some very senior—have signaled their readiness to join me through a digital defections platform my team established several months ago.
Many of these officials have refused to obey the orders to kill civilians during the January uprising. That’s why the IRGC had to import thugs from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon to do the dirty work. With my leadership, they and others who don’t have blood on their hands will play a role in stabilizing the country during the transition.
Iran is not Iraq. We will not repeat the catastrophic mistake of de-Baathification. There will be no dissolution of bureaucratic institutions, no power vacuum, no chaos.
The transition will be orderly. My team of experts produced a detailed plan called the Iran Prosperity Project, or IPP. This is a roadmap for national recovery, including the first 100 days after the regime’s collapse and the longer-term reconstruction and stabilization of our country.
What we ask of America now is simple: stay the course. Do not throw this crumbling regime a lifeline. Pave the way for the Iranian people to finish the job.
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