The Trump administration wanted a more docile Iran, but recent violence and continued uranium enrichment are seen as signs the administration’s policy is backfiring
As the Trump administration tries to rally international support for its case against Tehran, it faces the quandary that on two key objectives—curtailing Iran’s nuclear program and reversing Iran’s assertive behavior in the Middle East—its policies have so far had the opposite effect.
In outlining the administration’s demands last year for a new Iran deal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted that Iran stop enriching all uranium and halt its “malign behavior” in the Middle East, vowing to impose “the strongest sanctions...The tensions in the Persian Gulf exacerbated by the feud between Iran and the U.S. are having an impact globally. WSJ’s Gerald F. Seib explains.
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