Iranian street protests over a collapsing currency were hijacked by Mossad operations and US-supplied weapons to push regime change, which is bad for Iranians caught in the violence and for anyone hoping to avoid another Middle East war.

• Iranians are protesting real economic pain caused by US sanctions and a currency crash, but Mossad openly says its agents are in the crowds.
• Israel's Mossad chief pitched Netanyahu and Trump a plan to ignite riots inside Iran and use them as a pretext for war, and Trump approved it.
• Trump admitted on Fox the US shipped guns to Iranian protesters through the Kurds, fueling violent clashes with Iranian security forces.
• Casualty numbers in US media (30,000 to 60,000 killed) trace back to a source tied to Reza Pahlavi, the exiled shah's son Israel wants installed; documented names total around 6,400.
• Israel fears an organic Iranian uprising more than the current regime, because a democratic government would be harder to control than a puppet dictator.

Outlook: US cable news will keep treating the protests as organic and ignore the Mossad role, while pressure for a full regime-change war on Iran continues to build.