The Iranian regime is at its weakest point since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini hijacked the 1979 revolution to seize power. Their Shi’ite axis of resistance in Syria, Gaza, and Lebanon has crumbled with the decapitation of Hamas and Hezbollah and the fall of the brutal Assad regime. Even Vladimir Putin was unable to save their mutual friend and ally – Bashar al-Assad - from overthrow. Now they face the daunting prospect of another four years with Donald Trump in charge in America. He will hold the mullahs to account. He has appointed General Keith Kellogg, former National Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, as his envoy for Ukraine and Russia.

Addressing a National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) conference in Paris on Saturday, 11 January, General Kellogg said: “For the United States, a policy of maximum pressure must be reinstated, and it must be reinstated with the help of the rest of the globe, and that includes standing with the Iranian people and their aspirations for democracy.”He said that for Iran’s 95 million population, “2025 is the year for Hope, Action, and Change”. As a member of President Trump’s incoming White House team, General Kellogg's remarks were an Important Indication of the new administration's policy on Iran.

Several distinguished former prime ministers, ministers, diplomats, and generals had also gathered in Paris to speak in support of a robust policy on Iran, expressing support for the main democratic opposition to the mullahs’ theocratic regime and showing their support for the........

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