(5) @FareedZakaria considering regime change for #Iran to be “so extreme” again signals his #Iran apologist nature, arguing there is no other choice but to accept the status quo, allowing the mullahs to continue their devastating domestic crackdown & horrendous foreign meddling.
(6) Yes, #Iran’s people have roots in an “ancient civilization.”
However, this has nothing to do with the mullahs who hijacked the 1979 revolution & devastated not only this country but plunged the entire Middle East into its current flashpoint circumstances.
(7) #Iran’s regime has “withstood U.S. pressure & sanctions for nearly four decades” due to the appeasement policy @FareedZakaria advocates.
Now that a firm policy is being implemented, Zakaria & Co. go the limits to prevent it.
Thus, helping safeguard Tehran’s mullahs.
Shame.
(8) “The lesson of the past two decades in the Middle East” is actually something @FareedZakaria refuses to discuss:
- #Iran’s regime is busy fueling all the region’s crises.
- Iran has an alternative found in the NCRI (@Iran_Policy) & PMOI/MEK (@mojahedineng).
(9) Interestingly @FareedZakaria mentions the 1953 US-UK sponsored coup that toppled #Iran’s sole elected government.
Iranian regime founder Khomeini supported the coup against Mossadegh. trackpersia.com/khomeini-predi…
And #Iran apologists shed tears for Mossadegh? #Hypocrisy
He means Hassan Rouhani, the smiling president that is nothing but @khamenei_ir’s stooge, green lighting thousands of executions during his tenure.
This is Zakaria’s definition of “moderate elements.”
(12) As a final thought, I would be very offended if someone like @rezamarashi, a known #Iran lobbyist, said I sound “a lot like NIAC,” (a known Iran lobby group in Washington).
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U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted the resignation of Nikki Haley as UN Ambassador.
My gut tells me an even bigger story will develop.
Rest assured #Iran's regime is terrified about who Trump/Pompeo will appoint as their new envoy. axios.com/donald-trump-n…
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Amb. Nikki Haley spoke six months ago with President Donald Trump about the subject of resigning.
Will be staying at this post until the end of the year.
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Amb. Nikki Haley saying she will be campaigning for President Trump in 2020.
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This goes alongside the truckers' nationwide strike that has spread to over 310 cities now. #IranProtests #IranianTruckersOnStrike
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Tehran, #Iran
Sources say all gold market stores are closed. #IranProtests
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Images of stores closed in the cities of Saqqez, Baneh, Marivan & Sanandaj. #IranProtests
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Sources say "hardliners" are voicing threats about the signing of this bill.
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2) #BreakingNews
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