Trump says U.S. and Israel intend to "go in and clean out" Iran regime

With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in its seventh day, Trump says the aim is to "go in and clean out everything," suggesting a regime change objective. Live Live Updates: Israel pounds Iran and Lebanon's capitals as Trump says war aim is to "clean out" Tehran regime By Tucker Reals Tucker Reals Editor Tucker Reals is CBSNews.com's foreign editor, based in the CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, prior to which he worked for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., and London. Read Full Bio Tucker Reals Updated on: March 6, 2026 / 6:14 AM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google What to know on the seventh day of the U.S.-Israeli war with IranIsrael heavily bombed Iran's capital Tehran and Lebanon again overnight, announcing a "new phase" in the joint war launched almost a week ago with the U.S., as Iran's retaliatory missile and drone fire continues across the Persian Gulf and beyond, taking a massive toll on the region's economies and prompting tens of thousands to flee.President Trump says the U.S. and Israel intend to "go in and clean out everything," hinting that only complete regime change in Iran will end the war. He says he has ideas about who might make a "good leader" for the country, and insists he must help decide who that new leader is.The war's impact continues to spread, with NATO bolstering its missile defense posture as Iran's indiscriminate strikes keep traffic in the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane, and air travel in the Middle East, at a virtual standstill. And there are real concerns about how much longer America's Persian Gulf allies can keep intercepting Iran's cheap explosive drones. New Updates 6m ago Iran claims "large volume" of attack drones "hitting U.S. positions" in Kuwait The Iranian Army claimed Friday to be unleashing "a large volume of Army attack drones" that it said were "hitting U.S. positions" in Kuwait."Over the past hours, various types of attack drones from the Ground Forces carried out concentrated strikes on U.S. bases in Kuwait," the army said in a post on social media, adding that the "attacks will continue in the coming hours."There were no immediate reports of incoming drones in Kuwait, but the small U.S. Gulf ally has been struck repeatedly by Iranian drones and missiles since the war began almost a week ago — including the drone strike on the first day of the conflict that killed six U.S. troops at a military installation. By Tucker Reals, Khaled Wassef https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-israel-day-7-trump-says-aim-clean-out-iraian-regime/#post-update-9660964d link copied 8m ago Four suspected Iranian spies arrested in London Four men were arrested in the U.K. capital Friday on suspicion of spying for Iran, according to the London Metropolitan Police. Counterterror officers apprehended the men — one Iranian and three dual British-Iranian nationals — in the early hours of Friday morning in the northern suburbs of Barnet and Watford, the force said.The investigation centred on "suspected surveillance of locations and individuals linked to the Jewish community" in London, according to a press release. "Today's arrests are part of a long-running investigation and part of our ongoing work to disrupt malign activity where we suspect it.," said Commander Helen Flanagan, the Met's counterterror chief.The men were 55, 52, 40 and 22, according to the police statement. Six others were arrested on suspicion of assisting the alleged offenders, and another was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer.Sam Vinograd, a former DHS assistant secretary for counterterrorism and threat protection, told CBS News this week that Iran represents a "multi-dimensional threat" to the U.S. homeland, with a "deep bench of players they tap into to inflict damage," including proxies — regional, like-minded terrorist organizations — along with state agents. Iran has developed what she called "surrogate networks here in the United States — regular criminals that they actually hire and pay money to do things like murders and assassinations." By Frank Andrews https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-israel-day-7-trump-says-aim-clean-out-iraian-regime/#post-update-2b0b30d7 link copied 12m ago Israel announces new "wave of strikes" in both Iran's and Lebanon's capitals Explosions were reported in Tehran and Beirut on Friday after Israel's military announced a new "wave of strikes" in both cities, stepping up its war against both the Iranian regime and Hezbollah, one of its most powerful regional proxy groups, in Lebanon. Smoke and fire rise from the site of airstrikes in a central area of the Iranian capital Tehran, March 6, 2026. ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty An Israeli military official said strikes were targeting "the terrorist regime's infrastructure" in Tehran, while in Lebanon's capital, they said there were "several waves of strikes" in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut against Hezbollah targets, following "extensive calls on the civilian population in the area to evacuate in order to reduce civilian casualties."The military official said more than 500