What are sanctions and how do they affect a country’s economy? More importantly, do sanctions work? I ask these questions because U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has vowed on behalf of President Donald Trump to use the "strongest sanctions in history" to force Iran back to the table and negotiate...
Is Trump Team Advocating for Iran Regime Change?
Two of President Donald Trump's high-profile allies will address a "Free Iran" conference Saturday (June 30) organized by a controversial group that advocates for regime change in the Islamist country, according to a story in Politico. Rudy Giuliani, the President's personal lawyer, and informal advisor Newt Gingrich are headlining the...
Zakaria: Regime Change Drives Trump on Iran
President Trump's withdrawal from the six-nation Iran nuclear agreement last week left many in the international community, including close U.S. allies, scratching their heads. "It's hard to understand the rationale behind Trump's decision," says Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria in his May 10 commentary. "If there is a strategy behind Trump's move,...
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Calls For Regime Change in Iran
Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian human right lawyer and the first Muslim woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, is calling for regime change in her home country. "Reform is useless in Iran," Ebadi said in an April 5 interview published at BloombergView. It's the first time the prominent dissident...