Trump fuels the fire by singling out Iran
NOVANEWS
By James M. Dorsey
The Trump administration risks fuelling sectarianism across the Muslim world and exacerbating multiple conflicts that are ripping the Middle East and North Africa apart by singling out Iran rather than tackling root causes.
Iran moved into President Donald J. Trump’s firing line when his national security advisor, Michael Flynn, an anti-Iran hawk, put the Islamic republic “on notice” for testing a ballistic missile. The test was likely a provocative probing of US policy towards Iran, one of seven countries whose nationals are temporarily banned from travel to the United States. Mr Trump has repeatedly denounced the nuclear agreement concluded by the United States and other world powers with Iran as a bad deal.
Policy muddle
It remains unclear what Mr Flynn’s ...