TIME TO SQUEEZE IRAN’S VIOLENT AYATOLLAHS: Remember the Iranian opposition Green Movement protests that began in 2009, the ones Obama was slow to support?

In 2010, the Iranian regime brutally suppressed the Green Movement.

However, the quiet gripes and grim faces, the bitter jokes about robes and beards and theft, and the internet complaints of food prices—all tell-tale signs of deep dissatisfaction with the regime—never disappeared.

A bit more:

The Iranian regime faces increasingly grim prospects. American political and economic sanctions wounded Iran, and oil price warfare waged by Saudi Arabia, Arab states of the Persian Gulf, and U.S. frackers further increased Iranian pain. The resulting economic stresses have produced a currency crisis.

Trump ditched Obama’s “nuclear deal” at a ripe time. My latest Observer essay. Hope you’ll check it out.