Analysis by PMOI/MEK
July 23, 2018 – On Sunday, Hassan Rouhani, the president of the Iranian regime, threatened U.S. during an address to the regime’s diplomats, stating that Americans “must understand that war with Iran is the mother of all wars.” He also directly warned U.S. President Donald Trump, saying "do not play with the lion's tail, because you will regret it eternally."
In response, Trump warned Rouhani’s to never threaten the United States again in an all-caps tweet, declaring "you will suffer consequences the likes of which few have ever suffered before." Trump also reminded Rouhani that the U.S. will no longer “stand for your demented words of violence & death,” a reference to the policies of his predecessor Barack Obama, who was inclined to give concessions to the Iranian regime and disregard its nefarious activities.
In May, Trump declared that the U.S. would be exiting from the flawed nuclear deal struck between world powers and the Iranian regime, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The JCPOA failed to address many of the threats posed by Tehran and was giving too many concessions to a regime that has proved time and again that it poses a real danger to global peace and stability.
The Trump administration subsequently restored sanctions against the Iranian regime for its support of terrorism, its ballistic missile program and its nuclear program. The Iranian regime has made threats such as closing the Hormuz Strait, where a large percentage of the region’s oil exports go through. However, this is a threat that the regime has made before but has failed to deliver on.
The Trump administration recently published a report which showed that despite its attempts to show power, the regime has actually scaled down its violent adventurism in the Gulf waters and in the countries of the region in response to the U.S.’s new policy of firmness toward Tehran.
Ongoing nationwide protests in Iran has made it harder for the regime to sell its foreign agendas at home. Protesters across Iran have been calling off the regime for squandering Iran’s wealth to wage war on the countries of the region, which has further plunged their lives in poverty. While the regime has tried to lay the blame for the country’s economic woes on the U.S., the people of Iran have made it clear that their only enemy is the regime itself by chanting slogans that call for regime change.
