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KINSELLA: U.S.-Iran 'deal' is an unmitigated fiasco Back to video

We don’t know all there is to know, agreed. But, of what we do know, it is clear that Iran has prevailed in its war with Donald Trump’s America.

When the conflict started at the end of February, Trump told the world that it was all necessary to:

remove the Ayatollahs and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from power

persuade Iranians to rise up and take control of their country

eliminate Iran’s nuclear weapons capacity

end Iran’s support for terror around the globe

create stability in the Middle East

None of those things have happened. None.

Instead, Iran is getting billions in reparations – far, far more than it received under Barack Obama’s ill-conceived Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2015.

Its homicidal regime is intact, dominated by the IRGC, which is a designated terrorist entity in Canada and the West. The Iranian regime is now even more hardline than before.

It is getting de facto control of the Strait of Hormuz and has been transformed into a regional superpower. The oil-rich Gulf states are now quietly making overtures to post-war Iran, and moving away from........

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