When Donald Trump was a candidate for president, one of his frequent applause lines was a promise to “rip up” the Iranian nuclear agreement, which he claimed was one-sided because it lifted crippling economic sanctions yet allowed too much room for Iran to pursue development of nuclear weapons.
In April, the Trump administration certified that Iran was narrowly living up to the agreement to halt the development of nuclear weapons, but the administration nonetheless slapped new sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile program and state-sponsored support for terrorism.
If the U.S. wants to stop #Iran from interfering in Syria and elsewhere in the region and put an end to its nuclear program — not just a temporary halt — the most effective means would be to recognize the democratic opposition to Iran’s theocratic regime flourishing both inside Iran and among the Iranian diaspora around the world.
On July 1, Saturday, tens of thousands of Iranians will gather in Paris to promote “Free Iran.” As I have been for the past six years, I will be on hand to emcee the event, which gathers dignitaries from several European counties, the Middle East, Africa and the United States. This year, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, former Sen. Joe Lieberman and former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, as well as retired U.S. military officials, will be among the Americans addressing the conference, which is sponsored by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran and the National Council of Resistance of Iran, whose leader is #Maryam Rajavi.
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