Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and overthrowing his government could be a way to end the war that erupted when Israel launched airstrikes at the Islamic Republic last week.

Since Israel began its concerted attack on Iran on Friday, calls for regime change in Iran have grown louder – from hawks in the US Congress to Israeli officials and some Iranian activists abroad.

The staggering success of the first phase of Israel's war in Iran has left its air force in total control of the skies over Tehran, and its leaders contemplating regime change in the Islamic Republic.