Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday that he believes Iran's regime could collapse within months, offering one of his most explicit public timelines yet for what he has long argued is an inevitable reckoning in Tehran.

Netanyahu said intelligence assessments point to the first half of 2027 as a plausible window for the fall of Iran's clerical government, framing the address as both a warning to the international community and a message aimed directly at the Iranian public. Aides had promised a visual presentation to illustrate what Israel considers the ongoing nuclear danger posed by Tehran.

Part Diplomacy, Part Campaign Speech

The address, delivered on a trip to New York lasting less than 24 hours, came about a month before Israelis go to the polls, and Netanyahu used it to argue that the balance of power across the region has shifted decisively since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. He extended what he called a hand to Lebanon and other Arab nations, arguing that the "Iranian axis" — the network of Tehran-aligned militant groups across the region — no longer poses the threat it once did.

THE END IS NEAR FOR IRAN'S REGIME.

Netanyahu had teased before the speech that it would contain "surprises," a formulation he has used ahead of past high-profile UN addresses. The prime minister also devoted a portion of his remarks to what he described as rising global antisemitism since the war in Gaza began.

Netanyahu's office said he planned to meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio before departing New York. A full transcript of his UN remarks was released following the address. Iran's government did not immediately respond; its own president addressed the same General Assembly session earlier in the week.