The U.S., Iran & The Iranian People

The Iranian people are stuck between a murderous theocratic Iranian regime and a Trump administration with imperialistic ambitions. Neither has the Iranian people's best interests at heart.

REFERENCES
"Trump’s Iran War Could Be an Even Bigger Catastrophe Than Iraq. Remarkably, Trump seems on the verge of outdoing George W. Bush in reckless, stupid militarism." by Jeet Heer for The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-iran-war-threats-iraq/

"Trump’s Foreign Policy: Resurrecting Empire. President Trump’s approach is a revival of the mission of empire — acquiring the territories and resources of sovereign peoples." by Edward Wong for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/us/politics/trump-rubio-foreign-poli…

"Trump’s Intervention in Iran Will Be a Disaster. Iranians have been trying to complete their democratic revolution for over a century. Every time the US gets involved, it sets that project back by decades" by Vivek Chibber for Jacobin Magazine
https://jacobin.com/2026/02/protests-revolution-iran-war-intervention

"Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah" by Jeet Heer for The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-regime-change-iran-shah-p…

"40 Iranian Doctors and Nurses Describe a Massacre" by Roxana Saberi and Fatemeh Jamalpour for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/25/opinion/iran-protests-do…

"These Iranian Doctors Risked Their Lives So You Could See These Images" by Roxana Saberi, Fatemeh Jamalpour, Francesca Trianni and James Robinson for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/opinion/iran-protests-doctors-images…

"Iran’s Protests Are a Turning Point for the Islamic Republic. Iran’s rulers have managed to contain a wave of protest for now. But the nature of the unrest and the state’s lethal response make this an unprecedented moment since the 1979 revolution, with the threat of a US attack still hanging over the country." by Afshin Matin-Asgari for Jacobin Magazine
https://jacobin.com/2026/01/iran-protests-khamenei-trump-israel