Israel is “not planning to change the regime in Iran,” Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin told ABC News’ Ian Pannell in Tel Aviv on Monday.
“Our military targets, our military goals are to remove this threat, to remove the threat of a nuclear bomb over Israel and the ballistic missiles, and of course the proliferation of terror all over the region,” Defrin said.
“It’s up to the Iranian people to change the regime, not to us,” Defrin said. “We are removing this threat. This is why we paved the way to Iran.”
Asked about the growing toll on Israeli civilians as Iran retaliates, Defrin said, “Can you imagine what would have happened if this happens when Iran has nuclear capabilities?”
He then suggested that Israel had “only a matter of days” in which to prevent such a development.
Attacks in Iran, Defrin continued, will go on for “as far as we’re concerned.”
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
