Evian, June 17 -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday framed the peace deal with Iran as the successful culmination of a de facto regime change, asserting that a "brutal" campaign of military strikes has effectively dismantled the nation's established power structures.

Addressing a press conference at the G7 summit, the President argued that the current Iranian officials engaging in negotiations are a new cohort that emerged only after their predecessors were removed by US operations.

"You talk about regime change, nobody will say that, but their one set of leaders is all gone. Their second set of leaders is all gone. Their third set of leaders, a little bit gone, but for the most part, and frankly, I think that's regime change," Tru...