Has there been "regime change" in Iran?

Question is asked for the exact date/time this thread is made (to ensure if actual "regime change" occurs down the line, people can't bump this thread dishonestly and try a gotcha attempt). As of about 7am, CST, on April 2, 2026, has there been "regime change" in Iran following the US going to war with Iran?

Hegseth and Trump have started claiming that "regime change" has occurred as a result of this war with Iran. The thread is a relatively simple discussion asking if the change in leadership qualifies as "regime change".

Typically "regime" means more than just an individual or small selection of individuals. It implies the system and organization in power. I have described the individual killed as "meat suits" previously to ensure the conflation did not occur.

In Iran, historically the "Regime" is the system put in place after the 1979 Revolution, disposing the prior regime.

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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who developed the "guardianship of the jurist" doctrine. It is a theocratic system led by a Supreme Leader, bolstered by a clerical establishment, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and a hardline bloc known as principalists.

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THAT system, organization, and structure is "the regime". When people talk about "regime change" in Iran, they are talking about replacing that ruling class and installing an entirely new system to permit an entirely different system and organization (plural, hopefully) in power.

Hence, why many people who do support this war have stated something along these lines: "We have to replace the regime or they will just come back in a few years and we will be back to square one. We have to replace the regime to stop their terror organizations and desire for nuclear weapons the destabilize the region."