Absurdity of US anti-Iran “Action Group” for Government Change

The US, which over the past forty years tried every trick up its sleeve to change the system of government of Iran and bring the country back into its orbit, has miserably failed, and now as a last desperate attempt to try to browbeat the Islamic Republic into submission through threats, sanctions, bullying other countries against trading with Tehran.

Fanning flames of sectarian terrorism, and flooding client Arab regimes with the most sophisticated arms, it has set up a so-called Iran Action Group to intensify psychological warfare.

Here is an article titled “US Anti-Iran “Action Group” for Government Change”, written by conscientious American journalist Stephen Lendman, the author of the book “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”

On the August 15-19, the 65^th anniversary of the CIA coup against democratically-elected Iranian PM Dr. Mohammad Mosaddeq, the Trump regime’s neocon extremist Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the creation of a so-called “Iran Action Group” – for government change, which he failed to explain, saying:

“It’ll be responsible for directing, reviewing, and coordinating all aspects of the State Department’s Iran-related activity, and it will report directly to me.”

Pompeo followed his provocative statement with a litany of big lies, saying: “For nearly 40 years, Iran has been responsible for a torrent of violent and destabilizing behavior against the United States, our allies, our partners, and indeed the Iranian people themselves”.

It is obvious, his wordings were a mere US/NATO/Israeli/Saudi specialty, and not how the Islamic Republic actually operates, when he added by saying that the reason Trump withdrew from what he called “the flawed Iran nuclear deal”, which he claimed “failed to restrain Iran’s nuclear progress or its campaigns of violence abroad”.

Bald-faced lies indeed from the US Secretary of State, who in the words of North Korea looks and behaves like a gangster, rather than a diplomat.

The fact is, the Islamic Republic abhors nuclear weapons, wanting them eliminated, while nuclear armed and dangerous America and Israel risk WW III with nukes, the ultimate nightmare scenario.

The world community strongly supports the 7-nation JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action), from which the US withdrew. Unanimously affirmed by Security Council members, it is international law the Trump regime flagrantly breached by its illegal pullout.

As part of his preposterous lies, Pompeo roared: “Trump instituted a campaign of pressure, deterrence, and solidarity with the long-suffering Iranian people”.

On the contrary, it should be noted the Trump regime is in “solidarity” with dark forces at war on humanity at home and abroad alone, disdainful of ordinary people everywhere.

When Pompeo said “Changing Iranian behavior”, he was using code language for change of the system of government in Iran, by wanting Islamic Republic sovereign independence replaced by unacceptable pro-Western puppet rule.

The “Iranian threat” he claimed doesn’t exist – other than its government standing in the way of US control of the country, its valued oil and gas reserves, as well as its people Washington wants exploited the same way it mistreats populations elsewhere abroad as well as at home.

Trump regime State Department policy planning director Brian Hook heads the so-called Iran Action Group, serving as US special representative for the Islamic Republic, in charge of its government change initiative.

Trump sent Iran mixed messages. In July, he tweeted a warning of dire consequences to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in response to the latter’s clearly conciliatory words: “Do not play with the lion’s tail or else you will regret it…Peace with Iran would be the mother of all peace and war with Iran would be the mother of all wars.”

And then, when Iran’s leading general, Qassim Soleimani, gave teeth-shattering response to his threatening tweet, Trump said he’s willing to meet with his Iranian counterpart without preconditions – a hollow gesture.

His JCPOA pullout, re-imposition of nuclear and other sanctions, stiffer ones to follow in November, formation of the Iran Action Group, along with other policies aimed at destabilizing and toppling the Islamic Republic show his real intentions of government change.

Iran’s Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei dismissed the idea of negotiating with the Trump regime, citing the following reasons: Trump’s political and economic war on Iran, notably his JCPOA pullout, re-imposition of sanctions, and orchestration of destabilizing activities leave no room for dialogue – which is only possible if the Trump regime acknowledges nearly 40 years of US hostility toward the Islamic Republic.

Trump has repeatedly proved that he and his regime can never be trusted.

The same goes for Obama when he was in power, and was responsible for breaching the JCPOA multiple times – proving undemocratic Democrats are as untrustworthy as Republicans.

US dirty hands are behind efforts to destabilize Iran by orchestrating unrest in the country, aiming to topple its government by color revolution – what was tried before and failed, unlikely to succeed this time.

The Iran Action group aims to stoke internal unrest more intensively than earlier Trump regime efforts – US war on the Islamic Republic perhaps to follow if coup d’etat actions fail.

Ayatollah Khamenei, President Rouhani, and other Iranian officials justifiably believe negotiating with a nation bent on achieving dominion over Planet Earth can accomplish nothing.

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