Iran on Fire
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from an area in Syria between Turkish and Kurdish forces was supposed to be a victory for Russia and Iran. Supposedly Iran would control the entire arc of the Levant from Baghdad to Beirut.
Once again the media has misled the public. During the last two weeks protestors in Iran have literally set the place on fire. The ability of Iran’s government to control their own country is in serious jeopardy. There has been scant mention of this in US media.
Iranian protesters are on the streets in dozens of towns and cities across the country as anger spreads following a government decision to double/triple the price of fuel. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, came out in support of the government’s decision to increase gasoline prices and called those setting fire to public property “bandits” backed by the enemies of Iran.