Two Views: Trump, Congress Target Iran
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Activists rally in front of the White House to commemorate the second anniversary of the nuclear deal with Iran, July 17, 2017. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, October 2017, pp. 20-21, 25
The Mask Is Off: Trump Is Seeking War With Iran
By Trita Parsi
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY has happened in Washington. President Donald Trump has made it clear, in no uncertain terms and with no effort to disguise his duplicity, that he will claim that Tehran is cheating on the nuclear deal by October—the facts be damned. In short, the fix is in. Trump will refuse to accept that Iran is in compliance and thereby set the stage for a military confrontation. His advisers have even been kind enough to explain how they will go about this. Rarely has a sin...