AYATOLLAH ASSAHOLAH:
Isolated Iran leader lashes out at Europe as nations join US in ramping up pressureIranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Friday lashed out at Germany, the U.K. and France, calling them the “footmen of the U.S.,” days after the European countries moved to sanction the Islamic Republic for violating the controversial 2015 nuclear deal.
“The threat of the French & German govts & the vicious British govt to send Iran's case to the Security Council proved once again that they are the footmen of the US,” Khamenei said on Twitter. “These 3 countries are the ones who helped [former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein] as much as they could in his war against us.”
The three countries, which are members of the coalition that penned the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) in 2015, on Tuesday had formally accused Iran of breaching the Obama-era nuclear deal, beginning a process that could result in the U.N. restoring sanctions on the rogue regime.
“We do this in good faith with the overarching objective of preserving the JCPoA and in the sincere hope of finding a way forward to resolve the impasse through constructive diplomatic dialogue while preserving the agreement and remaining within its framework,” the three countries’ foreign ministers said in a statement.
So for the first time, we have a president who is effectively using punishing sanctions and not just minimal token action, and the strangling effect of sanctions is yielding results and bringing the Iranian regime to the edge of capitulation. Despite the regime fighing for its life, the Iranian people are in the streets rebelling. Even with 1,500 protestors killed by the IRGC.
And (despite neocon Democrats and Republicans, and globalist elite advisors pushing Trump to war, as they did Bush Sr., Clinton, W. Bush and Obama) Trump is effectively using economic leverage on Iran, instead of going to into another costly war.
And the cracks are beginning to show, both within Iran, and in their international support.
