Iranian leaders shun ‘chalice of poison’
Is President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran enough to make the Islamic Republic cry uncle?
Probably not, to judge by the most significant climb-down that Tehran has conceded since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
It was the spring of 1988, and after eight years of ferocious fighting, Iranian troops had reversed Iraq’s invasion and pushed deep into Iraqi territory. Saddam Hussein – supported by the U.S., Soviet Union, and European nations – unleashed one of the war’s heaviest chemical weapon attacks and threatened to gas Iranian cities if Iran did not agree to a cease-fire.
The Iranian military had lost some 60% of its
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