Turkish officials recently warned that Israel is wrong for being skeptical about the new interim government in Damascus led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, aka Abu Mohammad al-Julani. According to Ankara, its cooperation with Damascus is important to maintain stability in Syria and counter Iran’s desire to drag the country into a new civil war.

A peaceful and politically stable Syria would be bad news for the Iranian regime. Its so-called “axis of resistance” connecting Iran to Lebanon is already suffering. It was broken by the Syrian rebel offensive that led to the ousting of longtime Syrian President Bashar Assad, as well as by Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon that ravaged Hezbollah.

The regime sitting in Tehran is in the weakest state since its birth in 1979. It is unable, at least for now, to destabilize the Middle East as it did until not too long ago.

The pressure against Tehran must not only be firmly maintained but must be also increased until the regime follows Assad’s path. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an online address to the Iranian people: “You will be free sooner than you think.” This is a dream that should be…