War in the Middle East: For Trump, both action and inaction in Iran have consequences, says Karim Sadjadpour

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War in the Middle East: For Trump, both action and inaction in Iran have consequences, says Karim Sadjadpour

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For Trump, both action and inaction in Iran have consequences, says Karim Sadjadpour
The president’s strategy has been transformed by Israeli persistence and Iranian defiance
IRAN HAS an uncanny way of hijacking American presidencies. The 1979 Iranian revolution and subsequent hostage…

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