Mottaki is speaking as if the Islamic Republic of Iran can do anything it wishes, with absolute impunity, and no one can stop it from doing so. This may be all an elaborate bluff, and certainly deception is a hallmark of Iran’s Islamic regime. At the same time, however, Trump has emboldened the Iranians with […]
Former Iranian FM: ‘Trump is a murderer in the eyes of the Iranian public. Iran has the right to kill him.’
This doesn’t sound like the talk of a representative of a regime that has been battered into submission and is anxious to make a deal. Rather, Manouchehr Mottaki sounds as if he is perfectly secure in his position, and doesn’t have any regard for how his words will look to the American public or to […]