Washington DC, Feb. 28 -- Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin on Saturday said that the "Iranian regime is in a lot of trouble," as the United States and Israel will try to "decapitate the regime" by taking out its defence capabilities, including the ballistic missile launchers.

However, Rubin reiterated the US President Donald Trump's stance that "there will not be boots on the ground."

"My first reaction is that the Iranian regime is in a lot of trouble... While the US and Israel are going to try to take out the ballistic missile launchers and decapitate the regime, the Iranian regime's goal is simply to survive and then claim victory, like what we saw with Hamas," Rubin told ANI in an exclusive interview.

"Donald Trump has said t...