http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0626-iran-terrorism-20170623-story.html
espite the criticism directed at the
Trump White House, the administration is to be commended for important changes in U.S. policy toward Iran since taking office.
The Trump administration has made great strides in shifting from the conciliatory gestures of the
Obama
years to a much firmer stance that acknowledges American intolerance
for violent extremism, human rights violations and the support of
terrorism. Leading administration figures have repeatedly taken to the
airwaves to broadcast this message and carried it with them on official
trips abroad. Today the messaging is resonating with officials from both
parties and in elite policy circles.
#Maryam Rajavi, the president of the National Council of Resistance of
#Iran (NCRI), highlighted the regime’s ambition in a statement dated June
7, which noted that the Iranian supreme leader seems to be recognized
as a “Caliph.” The observation was made in response to the news of an
ISIS terrorist attack in Tehran, and it sought to emphasize that despite
the mullahs’ efforts to exploit the incident to portray their regime as
a victim of terrorism, the fact remains that President Trump and his
allies are right to emphasize that the Islamic Republic is firmly on the
wrong side of history— as a supporter, originator and benefactor of
Islamic fundamentalist
#terrorism.
