Understanding Trump’s Position on Iran To Stop Dangerous Influence
US President Donald Trump is gearing to raise his tone and take major action against Iran, starting with decertifying the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). While such concerns are obviously legitimate, an interesting slate of figures, including even former US Secretary of State John Kerry, are making their voice heard in defense of what is considered the Obama administration’s foreign policy legacy.
Trump himself, and his senior foreign policy advisers, are hinting the likely October 12thannouncement of Iran not being fully in compliance with the JCPOA. That is what has prompted lineup of JCPOA advocates to take to the media and urge American lawmakers to stand against such a decision, and refuse to impose sanctions on the Iranian regime.
Obama Left Iranian People In Worse Situation
Their line of argument has failed to catch much attention, however. It is quite unfortunate how they so simply neglect the very fact that Obama’s eight years of unprecedented engagement and rapprochement with Iran has actually left the Iranian people and the entire Middle East in far worse circumstances.
Inside Iran, more than 3,100 people have been executed during the tenure of the so-called “reformist” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have been sent to the gallows. This includes 81 women and 24 individuals arrested under the age of 18 at the time of their alleged crime.
“According to Amnesty International, with the exclusion of China, the Iranian regime accounted for 55 per cent of the total number of executions taken place in the world in 2016 … The government’s killing machine is at work day and night … They take advantage of these killings to balance the defeats and disabilities of the ruling power, or counter the growing spirit of protest in society,” said Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in a message on the World Day against the Death Penalty.
Iran’s regime is known for its history of atrocious human rights violations. In 1988, following a fatwa issued by Iranian regime founder Ayatollah Khomeini, over 30,000 political prisoners, mostly members and supporters of the main Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran(PMOI-MEK), were sent to the gallows.
