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Two U.S. senators traveling in the Middle East said Sunday that opposition protests in Iran suggest this was the beginning of the end for Tehran's clergy-led regime.

Sen. John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, said the Islamic government's days were numbered.

Interviewed while in Jerusalem on the CNN's "State of the Union" program, he warned, "if the Iranian government chooses to try to divert the attention of the people from their domestic situation to increasing confrontation with Israel," that could pose a danger.

Israel considers Iran a serious threat because of its nuclear program, long-range missile development and repeated references by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the destruction of the Jewish state.