The Iranian Regime’s Weakness Is an Opportunity for the Trump Administration

The new administration should leverage the regime’s unpopularity as part of its ‘maximum pressure’ redux.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran, November 19, 2023.

Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA via Reuters

It is no exaggeration to say that Iran is an unrivaled agent of chaos, death, and destruction in the Middle East today. From the multi-front war on Israel to the plots to assassinate President-elect Trump, the Iranian dictatorship is fundamentally incompatible with global peace and security.

But the regime is not the same as the Iranian public. In fact, new polling from Iran supported by the International Republican Institute offers striking new evidence of just how far apart the Iranian people are from their rulers.

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Daniel Twining

Daniel Twining is the president of the International Republican Institute.

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