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NYTIMES (Leily Nikounazar and Erika Solomon) - ‘We’re Trapped in Hell’: Iranians Say Life Is Put On Hold by Months of War

Devastated by cycles of violence and economic crisis, many are giving up on work and their futures as the United States batters Iran again.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Grant Newsham) - The U.S. and Iran: Adding to the list of fiascos?

Originally published by Sunday Guardian Live.

Iran is at a tipping point (once again). And so is President Trump’s foreign policy. Iranians have gone into the streets in the last few weeks to bring down the repressive Islamic regime. But they face an intact, ruthless security service—and some thousands of protesters have been gunned down. Thousands more have been arrested. Sanctions probably won’t be enough. The protesters are “the boots on the ground” but without direct American support in the form of airstrikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other security force targets to weaken the regime’s “coercive infrastructure” the protest movement may soon lose momentum—and fail once again. It is unclear what President Trump will…Open