ANALYSIS: Understanding Washington’s fast-evolving Iran policy President Trump after speaking about the Iran deal at the White House in Washington, DC, October 13, 2017. (AFP) Heshmat Alavi, Special to Al Arabiya English Monday, 18 December 2017 Text size  A   A   A On the doorstep of US President Donald Trump’s first National Security Strategy speech, the administration launched an unprecedented campaign of pinpointing the crosshairs on the epicenter of all extremism causing havoc across the Middle East: Iran. This comes following a  Wall Street Journal  article explaining how in the post-ISIS world Washington will begin pinpointing its focus and resources on the larger and more dangerous threat posed by Tehran. ‘Hard look’ The Trump administration has made it clear that a wide array of destructive policies adopted by Tehran have become unacceptable, a clear indication of the end of Iran’s years of windblown successes, thank...

ANALYSIS: Understanding Washington’s fast-evolving Iran policy President Trump after speaking about the Iran deal at the White House in Washington, DC, October 13, 2017. (AFP) Heshmat Alavi, Special to Al Arabiya English Monday, 18 December 2017 Text size  A   A   A On the doorstep of US President Donald Trump’s first National Security Strategy speech, the administration launched an unprecedented campaign of pinpointing the crosshairs on the epicenter of all extremism causing havoc across the Middle East: Iran. This comes following a  Wall Street Journal  article explaining how in the post-ISIS world Washington will begin pinpointing its focus and resources on the larger and more dangerous threat posed by Tehran. ‘Hard look’ The Trump administration has made it clear that a wide array of destructive policies adopted by Tehran have become unacceptable, a clear indication of the end of Iran’s years of windblown successes, tha...