The Danger of the Maduro Model for Iran
Donald Trump
When reports emerged that the U.S. ousted Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, a familiar assumption quickly took hold about another longtime foe of Washington. If the U.S. could engineer the extraction of a sitting authoritarian leader in Caracas, many reasoned, then Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei could suffer the same fate . But that assumption is deeply flawed, if not dangerous, particularly for Iranians who hope for meaningful political change. Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated rhetoric
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