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Iranians are finding unity in hegemony

President Trump laid out his approach to Iran at the White House Diplomatic Reception Room on Oct. 13

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GOT A lesson in Persian pride this week.

Contrary to what the White House might have expected, Iran’s power brokers found a lot to like in President Trump’s Oct. 13 speech attacking the “rogue regime.” For all of Trump’s threats to abandon the 2015 nuclear deal, the moderate government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani breathed a sigh of relief that there would be no

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