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Trump’s new policy: Solidarity with Iran’s people

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Trump’s new policy: Solidarity with Iran’s people Iranian people are fed up with the tyranny they live under By Heshmat Alavi    Al Arabiya, 17 October 2017  - US President Donald Trump decertified the Iran nuclear deal on Friday and referred the case to Congress. It remains to be seen what measures await Tehran, especially considering the highly intensive quarrel that brought us where we are today. What is certain, however, is that this marks a major US policy shift vis-à-vis Iran, having impact across the flashpoint Middle East.     An Iranian woman walks past a mural of the Iranian flag in Tehran on October 14, 2017 Ever since the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower back in the 1950s and since the CIA-backed the 1953 coup d’état against the democratically-elected government of Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh, Washington’s policies have either directly or indirectly supported the ruling regimes in Iran and against th...

ANALYSIS: Trump’s new policy: Solidarity with Iran’s people

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ANALYSIS: Trump’s new policy: Solidarity with Iran’s people Trump threatens to decertify the Iran Nuclear agreement By Heshmat Alavi Al Arabiya, 16 October 2017   - US President Donald Trump decertified the Iran nuclear deal on Friday and referred the case to Congress. It remains to be seen what measures await Tehran, especially considering the highly intensive quarrel that brought us where we are today. What is certain, however, is that this marks a major US policy shift vis-à-vis Iran, having the impact across the flashpoint Middle East. Ever since the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower back in the 1950s and since the CIA-backed the 1953 coup d’état against the democratically-elected government of Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh, Washington’s policies have either directly or indirectly supported the ruling regimes in Iran and against the Iranian people’s better interests. Trump, however, has for the second time in less than a month stated his...