demonstrated that “moderates” such as President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have no real weight, while the real power continues to be wielded by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his hardline allies, such as the Revolutionary Guard, several
Propaganda videos of the soldiers blindfolded and kneeling released by Iranian media humiliated the world’s
superpower and shows that Iran can continue its aggressive behavior with no consequences.
The Obama administration will not allow anything to get in the way of the nuclear deal’s implementation and the lifting
of sanctions on Iran, they said. “Test fire ballistic missiles. Check. Fire missiles near US ships. Check. Torch US ally’s missions. Check. Seize US sailors. Check. Get paid,” tweeted Tony Badran, a research
fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Iran’s continued aggressive behavior since the nuclear dealwas agreed upon last summer gives it, and other rogue actors, the impression that it can act with a rather free
hand.
Such a message must be terrifying to Israel and other US-Arab allies in the region.
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