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US President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran deal from the Diplomatic Reception room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Brendan SMIALOWSKI)

Trump’s Iran Strategy Sharpens Power Struggle in Tehran

by Amir Taheri | Oct 16, 2017 | Features

London- Although it had been expected for months, US President Donald Trump’s unveiling of his new strategy on Iran seems to have taken the ruling elite in Tehran by surprise, intensifying the power struggle within it. The radical faction close to “Supreme Guide”...

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US President Donald Trump waits to speak during a memorial service at the Pentagon for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Washington. AFP file photo

The New Strategy and Attempts to Contain Iran

by David Ignatius | Oct 16, 2017 | Opinion

Donald Trump is notorious in the business world for stiffing other companies when it’s time to pay the bill — offering partial settlement of what he owes and proposing to negotiate the rest. Trump did a version of that Friday when he announced he will stay in the Iran...

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Then-US presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives at Capitol Hill to join a rally to “Stop the Iran Nuclear Deal”, Washington, September 9, 2015. (photo credit: REUTERS)

Trump and The Coup Against The Coup

by Ghassan Charbel | Oct 16, 2017 | Opinion

Donald Trump did not shred the “very bad” nuclear deal with Iran. He has strongly shaken it and trembled the image that Iran tried to market at the international level after the signing of the agreement.   He raised doubts and asked questions about what...

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This close to blowing it up. Photographer: Drew Angerer

Trump’s Iran Plan Does Too Much and Too Little

by Meghan O'Sullivan | Oct 16, 2017 | Opinion

President Donald Trump’s advisers are at pains to emphasize that Friday’s speech on Iran policy was an effort to lay out a comprehensive strategy to tackle the malign behavior of the Tehran regime, not just an announcement that the president had refused to certify...

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US President Donald Trump speaks about Iran and the Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, US, October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Trump Punishes Iran over Regional Behavior

by Heba El Koudsy | Oct 14, 2017 | World

Washington- US President Donald Trump has slammed Iran’s behavior and support of terrorism, threatening to rip up the nuclear agreement signed in 2015 between Tehran and six major countries after accusing it of violating the deal. In a speech he made at the White...