{"id":87,"date":"2025-05-17T22:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T22:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maleksabetebrahimi.com\/?p=87"},"modified":"2025-05-17T22:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T22:54:13","slug":"irans-crisis-in-the-shadow-of-trumps-rhetoric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maleksabetebrahimi.com\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Crisis in the Shadow of Trump\u2019s Rhetoric"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By K. Salimi | May 17, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As regional tensions deepen, a recent commentary in Iran warns of the depth of U.S. intelligence penetration\u2014suggesting that even the cracked foundations of post-revolutionary Tehran and its dried riverbeds are within the White House&#8217;s reach. The report speculates that if Donald Trump were to disclose secret negotiations\u2014such as alleged deals to release Babak Zanjani or to fund networks responsible for the influx of Afghan migrants\u2014the remaining political credibility of Tehran\u2019s leadership would collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump, in a familiar maneuver, publicly distances himself from Iran\u2019s internal affairs, stating: \u201cIt\u2019s not our concern who governs Iran\u2014just make sure there are no nuclear weapons.\u201d But this seemingly neutral language, the writer argues, is deceptive. It conceals a broader strategy of indirect interference and pressure that has contributed to Iran\u2019s internal dysfunction. The claim: the U.S. knows full well that the Iranian people, democratic at heart, are not pursuing nuclear arms\u2014just as nations like Japan have stepped away from nuclear ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s implicit comparison between Iran and Gulf Arab states\u2014Saudi Arabia and the UAE\u2014was particularly stinging. While Iran faces economic decay and ecological disaster, its neighbors have leveraged oil wealth into desalination technology, wheat self-sufficiency, and megaprojects like NEOM. This contrast found an unsettling echo at home when Iranian parliament speaker Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian appeared to endorse Trump\u2019s tone, suggesting Iranians could survive without air conditioning\u2014much like \u201cthe old days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the same week, Iran\u2019s Martyrs Foundation announced it had organized <strong>120,000 ceremonies<\/strong> for the late President Raisi, costing over <strong>3.6 trillion tomans<\/strong>, while regional media mocked Iranians \u201csearching trash bins for bread atop oil barrels.\u201d Observers question how such lavish commemorations can coexist with economic collapse and the presence of <strong>17 million Afghan migrants<\/strong>\u2014often blamed for social and economic pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report speculates that Trump might one day invoke <strong>Article 39 of the UN Charter<\/strong> to declare Iran\u2019s environmental degradation a threat to regional biosecurity. In that case, would Iran\u2019s leaders, eager for relief, strike a new deal? Restoring Lake Urmia, halting lithium mining, and controlling salt storms aren\u2019t matters that can be solved with religious decrees or political slogans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In closing, the author suggests Trump\u2019s critiques, though wrapped in diplomatic ambiguity, cut deeply because they resonate with visible failures\u2014orange skies, dust storms, and water scarcity. These are not abstract threats; they are lived realities in Iran today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By K. Salimi | May 17, 2025 As regional tensions deepen, a recent commentary in Iran warns of the depth of U.S. intelligence penetration\u2014suggesting that even the cracked foundations of post-revolutionary Tehran and its dried riverbeds are within the White House&#8217;s reach. 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