Iran trembles at the return of Trump
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"The Islamic Republic has to be terrified that the presidential candidate that they tried to kill has just won the election," Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran expert at the hawkish Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) think tank, told Fox News Digital.
"The regime knows it can ill afford more exogenous economic shocks. Even the return of maximum pressure alone to the Islamic Republic is going to cause major, major economic problems."
Iran’s currency tanked to an all-time low Wednesday after Trump clinched victory, signaling its challenges are far from over in the Middle East as war rages on through proxies in both Gaza and Lebanon.
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"Tehran knows maximum pressure is set to return," said Taleblu. "During this lame duck period, the nuclear saber rattling threat has to be taken seriously, particularly when its conventional deterrence has been so badly beaten."
After the Trump administration pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, it imposed harsh sanctions on the regime to stop its funding of proxies abroad, banning U.S. citizens from trading with Iran or handling Iranian money.
It also punished entities in other countries that did business with Iran by cutting them off from the dollar.
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"During Trump’s previous administration, he scuttled the Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA), strongly embraced Israel and sought to normalize Jewish-Arab relations in the region. I doubt he will support the Palestinians, and he will likely end the Biden-Harris dual policy of support to both sides in the Gaza conflict. None of this is good for Iran."
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Trump is a much stronger ally of Israel and that is a good thing. The current Iranian regime should be thwarted in its irrational hatred of Israel. I suspect that sanctions against the Islamic religious bigots of Iran will be increased.
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Iran is now dangerously vulnerable to the consequences of another attack on Israel
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Officials and analysts say Israel's October 26 strikes, which targeted Iran's integrated air-defense network and ballistic missile production sites, have left Tehran extremely vulnerable to another round of Israeli military action.
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