At this juncture, playing into the regime’s game could only enable Iran to breakout with an actual bomb, an outcome no Western country should desire.
Behind the scenes, the US should convey its willingness to work with the new president, assuring him that any measure of moderation he takes will be fully and correspondingly reciprocated.
Pezeshkian, a relative moderate who beat a hardline rival in elections, also reiterated that Iran does not seek nuclear weapons.
From Iran’s perspective these are not terror groups but “resistance.”
No one dares to stand up to the dictator Ali Khamenei, and reform within the authoritarian structure and the inner circle of the Islamic Jurist is impossible.
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