Top two candidates in Iran election beholden to same master
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“Iran’s
provocative actions threaten the United States, the region and the
world,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned in a major speech last
month. The mere possibility of Washington pushing back on Tehran’s
transgressions and focusing not only on the mullahs’ nuclear program but
also on “alarming and ongoing provocations that export terror and
violence” has already sent shockwaves through the clerical
establishment.
Tillerson said the Trump administration is reviewing America’s overall Iran policy, a welcome opportunity to end nearly 40 years of botched rapprochement. A good place to start is by recognizing two basic realities: The regime is vulnerable to a hostile population eager to overthrow it, and the notion that the mullocracy can “reform” itself is a dangerous illusion that prolongs past mistakes.
A new approach, which enhances Washington’s policy options, would be political backing of the Iranian people’s decades-long desire to achieve democratic change.
Tillerson said the Trump administration is reviewing America’s overall Iran policy, a welcome opportunity to end nearly 40 years of botched rapprochement. A good place to start is by recognizing two basic realities: The regime is vulnerable to a hostile population eager to overthrow it, and the notion that the mullocracy can “reform” itself is a dangerous illusion that prolongs past mistakes.
A new approach, which enhances Washington’s policy options, would be political backing of the Iranian people’s decades-long desire to achieve democratic change.
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