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However, he stopped short of ruling out military action, saying the United States was closely monitoring developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remarks come amid heightened regional tensions, with analysts and diplomats warning that US strikes could backfire by strengthening Iran\u2019s security crackdown, suppressing protests, and triggering retaliatory missile attacks on American bases in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several experts cautioned that in a worst-case scenario, military intervention could accelerate the collapse of Iran\u2019s government, risking widespread instability, ethnic insurgencies, and unsecured nuclear and missile assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the scale of the unrest, multiple US intelligence assessments earlier this week concluded that Iran\u2019s leadership is not close to collapse, according to sources familiar with the reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi also dismissed concerns over executions, saying there was \u201cno plan for hanging\u201d protesters. \u201cHanging is out of the question,\u201d he said in a US television interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protests \u2014 the largest challenge to Iran\u2019s clerical leadership since the 1979 Islamic Revolution \u2014 erupted on December 28. 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