NCRI – In response to the question ‘could the Trump’s White House commitment to deal with the Iranian regime’s missile threat be regarded as the beginning of a new confrontation with the Iranian regime?”, Dr. Walid Phares said in his interview with Sky News that “ it’s still too soon to talk about a confrontation, but Donald Trump has said that if this situation continues and is in conflict with the national security of the United States or its allies in the region, United States will deal with that.”
“Iranian regime’s forces, whether the Revolutionary Guards or the intelligence agents, are present in Iraq and are interfering there,” added Phares, ”They’re interfering in Syria as well. Their interfering activities in Lebanon and Yemen are also quite a lot. There’s already some sort of confrontation between the Iranian regime and US allies in the region, namely Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and other (Persian) Gulf states. The new logic dictates that we shouldn’t abandon our allies and partners when they’re being threatened by the Iranian regime.”
“Iran’s nuclear deal needs to be revised”, said Dr. Walid Phares, “Donald Trump has stressed on revisions. He has warned that if the Iranian regime violates the nuclear deal, United States will pull out of it, bringing it to the Congress or referring it to the UN Security Council.”
Dr. Walid Phares added that the new US government has quite a lot of tools to deal with the Iranian regime.
