January 4, 2018 | Quoted by Katherine Gypson - Voice of America

Iran Protests Revive Bitter US Political Divides

President Donald Trump blamed former president Barack Obama Tuesday for “foolishly” giving Iranian leadership money as part of the 2015 nuclear agreement negotiated by his administration, tweeting a claim the funds “went into terrorism and into their pockets.”

“The protests, however, may increase the incentive for all sides to come together and find a legislative solution,” Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation to Defend Democracies, told VOA. “The protests reinforce the administration's view that the Iranian regime is an odious, expansionist and destructive force in the Middle East.”

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Iran Iran Human Rights Iran Sanctions