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1. Thread: Trump's speech trashing the Iran deal/regime ended with a twist: "Iran's leaders," he said, "Are going to want to make a new and lasting deal, one that benefits all of Iran and the Iranian people. When they do, I am ready, willing, and able" theatlantic.com/amp/article/55…
2. Why is this notable? It's clear Trump never read the 159 pages of the JCPOA. As @RichardMNephew best put it, he would likely renegotiate and sign a worse deal if it was called the TRUMP IRAN DEAL. Trump isn't a dogmatic war-hawk-like John Bolton-but a shameless egomaniac
3. In fact, although it has been little-reported, Trump actually tried to meet with Iran's leaders, just as he's been amenable to meeting with Kim Jong Un. washingtonpost.com/world/national…
4. An Iranian source told me Trump invited Rouhani for dinner in NY the day after his speech trashing Iran at the UNGA. Macron urged Rouhani to join, but Rouhani did not have @khamenei_ir's permission. The Iranian media actually first broke the story: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?…
5. This leaves @khamenei_ir in a tough spot. He loathes/mistrusts the US and may oppose dialogue with Trump on principle. But if the unraveling of the nuclear deal potentially precipitates an unraveling of his regime...he may have to swallow his pride nytimes.com/2018/05/08/wor…
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1. Thread: By withdrawing from the JCPOA Trump hastens the possibility of three disparate but similarly cataclysmic events: An Iranian war, an Iranian bomb, or the implosion of the Iranian regime nytimes.com/2018/05/08/wor…
2. Iran looms large over major US national security concerns including Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, cyber, energy security, terrorism, & obviously nuclear proliferation. As I wrote last year in @TheAtlantic the opportunities for direct conflict are numerous theatlantic.com/international/…
3. Rather than race toward a bomb, if Tehran resumes its nuclear activities it will likely do so deliberately--still under the guise of a civilian energy program--in order to split the international community. My colleague @MarkHibbsCEIP explains how:
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1) Thread: Absent Iranian support, Bashar Assad would have likely fallen long ago. Why has Tehran endured/inflicted such staggering financial/human costs in/on Syria, and to what end? I explore this in @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/international/…
2) Iranian officials repeatedly make clear their support for Assad isn't driven by the geopolitical/financial interests of the Iranian nation, nor the religious convictions of the Islamic Republic, but above all by "resistance" to Israel:
3) Opposition to Israel has been the most enduring pillar of Iran's revolutionary ideology since 1979. As Khamenei put it in 2012: “The Zionist regime is a cancerous tumor...We will support and help any nations, any groups fighting against [them]" washingtonpost.com/world/middle_e…
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No country has done more--financially and military--to back the Assad regime’s mass murder of Syrians than the Islamic Republic of Iran, a theocracy that rules from a moral pedestal mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/wor…
To add insult to injury, all Iranian officials-including "moderates" like @jzarif-have denied Assad’s use of chemical weapons, while simultaneously invoking Saddam Hussein’s heinous CW attacks on Iran--30 years ago--to justify their regional policies
.@jzarif has paid no reputational cost for whitewashing Assad's use of CW (most recently July 2017 at @CFR_org cfr.org/event/conversa…). On the contrary the Nobel Peace Prize committee continues to float his name as nominee bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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1)
 Let’s talk about an upcoming @AtlanticCouncil event to be hosted by @barbaraslavin1, a die-hard #Iran regime apologist/lobbyist, seeking to literally celebrate the 40th anniversary of a ruthless regime in Tehran.
2)
 Let’s first get to know the host of this event, @barbaraslavin1.

She blocked me for reminding everyone about her being an #Iran regime apologist/lobbyist & showing images of her alongside senior Iranian officials.
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 @barbaraslavin1’s relations with @NIACouncil, the #Iran regime lobby group in the U.S., is completely obvious.
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1)
 Let’s talk about @ThomasErdbrink’s latest @NYTimes read providing a lopsided view about #Iran & blaming everything on Trump exiting the Iran nuclear deal.

Typical of a pro-Obama, Tehran apologist/lobbyist who writes #FakeNews.
nytimes.com/2018/12/26/wor…
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 @ThomasErdbrink is yet another @NYTimes writer in favor of Obama’s #Iran policies.

As an Iranian, I completely loath the Obama years.

Here’s why.
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 @ThomasErdbrink claims #Iran’s middle class disappeared due to Trump exiting the nuclear deal.

Here’s the truth:
March 14, 2018 – Six weeks before Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal
“80% of Iran’s population lives in poverty”
bit.ly/2GIioMm
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