Iran’s fate is in Trump’s hands

Trump Sides with Iran’s Dissidents

Fear leads some to endorse the devil they know. But as Iran’s uprising becomes open revolt, the U.S. should not be invested in preserving the regime.

Iran’s fate is in Trump’s hands

Iran is protesting again. Once more the videos circulate: women tearing off their headscarves, youths chanting slogans in the street, and regime thugs fleeing. Hashtags trend, analysts expound and the familiar question is asked: is this it? Anyone who has spent a career covering Iran understands two things: first, that the Islamic Republic does not fall because X is excited; and second, that these protests must be considered not in isolation but…