Heidarian: Aligning the global response to Iran’s human rights violations (Photo: Atta Kenare, AFP/Getty Images) The administration of President Donald Trump has begun pushing for a dramatic shift in U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. Even before taking office, the president was clear about his antipathy for his predecessor’s nuclear deal, representative of a conciliatory strategy unfortunately embraced by other Western powers. The role of the Trump administration has been not just to enforce an assertive shift in American policy; it has been to convince the international community to make a similar shift, as well. Trump’s speech to the United Nations was illustrative. In it, he pulled no punches, describing the theocratic regime as hiding behind a guise of democracy while acting contrary to the interests of its own people. In injecting reality into a flailing approach, there are aspects of Iran policy on which both the United States and the broader intern...