President Trump has said the United States prefers to make deals with the Iranian mullah regime, but he is also prepared for military action. All options are on the table, etc. But let’s get the facts straight.
The IRGC and Khamenei’s clan are not going to stop executions or change course because of global condemnation, tariffs, or sanctions. Ayatollah Khamenei has never truly cared about the country’s economy. He is willing to destroy all of Iran and its people if that means he can annihilate the United States and Israel. The only reason he has not done so already is that the regime has been incapable of achieving it. If they had been able to build deliverable nuclear warheads and reach their necessary targets, they would have acted a very long time ago. Thanks to Israel and its repeated disruptions, they have been prevented from getting close.
However, executing political opponents, funding proxy terror groups, and destabilizing the region are things they are fully capable of—and they have been doing them for decades. No negotiation under any U.S. administration over the last forty years has ever stopped these actions. Believing in promises from this regime is like believing ISIS when it says it will not kill anybody. The only difference is the branding: the mullah regime has managed to brand itself as a country. But this is not even a normal nation. It does not pursue national interests. Its goals are purely political Shia Islamist objectives—centered on “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”
If the current U.S. administration thinks it can deal with them the way it dealt with the USSR during the Cold War, it is dead wrong.
Steve Witkoff has so far appeared very incompetent and naive. He is literally playing from the Obama-era playbook. The only reason Ayatollah Khamenei is still in power and ordering killings is that Witkoff naively believed a text message from the Ayatollah’s Foreign Minister. Either this man is grossly incompetent and foolish, or he is somehow playing 8D chess. But as of now, it looks like incompetence.
Now we see an ongoing fragile discussion, pushed by Arabs and Turks. However, no matter the outcome, it is clear that Iran will break any agreement reached. The only real concession they might offer is to pause certain activities for two or three years and then restart everything under a weaker U.S. administration.
The protection of political prisoners will be forgotten. The Iranian regime has continued—and even escalated—executions. In recent weeks alone, dozens have been hanged almost daily, including political opponents and protesters. That means they do not live up to that idiotic text message assurance. It was obvious from the start.
Any deal with the Iran mullah regime is one of the biggest diplomatic and geopolitical illusions of this century. There is nothing to negotiate. It is either the regime continues to commit atrocities—killing Iranians, funding proxies, and trying to build nuclear weapons for their ultimate goal (specifically to erase Israel, the USA, and the West)—or we remove that cancer and allow a real Iran to emerge.
The Trump administration has the momentum right now. He can go down in history as a Reagan—who stood firm against tyranny and helped bring down an evil empire—or as another Carter or Obama, still hated by freedom-loving Iranians to this day. The choice is clear, and the window is open. There is no deal to be made. There is only the will to confront this regime or the failure to do so.
