U.S. Partisanship Gets in the Way of a Good Iran Policy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : If handled well, a turn of events in Iran is an unexpected gift and a geopolitical game-changer for the West.
57% : The U.S. and allies should also officially announce support for free and fair elections in Iran -- without picking a winner.
55% : Meanwhile, the Europeans have fattened their coffers through trade with Iran while claiming a moral high grand in promoting the JCPOA.
53% : The International Monetary Fund estimates that Iran owns some $31 billion in foreign assets.
47% : Thus, up to now, U.S. policy on Iran has mostly been about de-escalation and containment interspersed with big declarations.
47% : It also behooves EU nations to exit INSTEX, the financial mechanism allowing them to barter with Iran, while circumventing U.S. sanctions.
39% : Internationally, democratic allies should push to reinstate United Nations' sanctions against Iran for violating resolutions that ban arming Russia.
36% : We are in the 14th week of women-led protests in Iran, with hundreds dead and more than 15,000 arrested.
33% : Today, the risks of responding to Iran are at an all-time low.

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