By Khosrow Semnani For the Deseret News. Published: March 16, 2019 9:00 a.m. As the sun rose on Friday, Muslims around the world prepared for their morning prayers and heard the horrible news of the shootings in two mosques in New Zealand. From time zone to time zone, the prayers of Muslims — and all […]
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By Khosrow Semnani, For the Deseret News. Published May 20, 2019, 7:00pm MDT President Trump does not want an Iran war. The president’s detractors — among them some of our European allies — have characterized Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on Iran’s ayatollahs as the opening salvo of another catastrophic
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By Khosrow B. Semnani, For the Deseret News. Published Sep 20, 2019, 7:00am MDT Fortunately, President Donald Trump is taking a measured approach to a most difficult situation. It was an audacious assault on the world’s largest oil production plant. The Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabia at Abqaiq and Khurais, the world’s largest processing
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By Khosrow B. Semnani, for The Washington Times. Published: December 18, 2019 What Iranians want now is an end to the death of their children In his 2017 historic speech before leaders of more than 50 Muslim nations gathered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump reset U.S.-Iranian relations by declaring his solidarity with the
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A year ago, President Donald Trump wrote of his support for the Iranian people’s basic economic and political rights. “The great Iranian people have been repressed for many years,” he tweeted. “They are hungry for food & for freedom. Along with human rights, the wealth of Iran is being looted. TIME FOR CHANGE!” Trump has
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The Islamic Republic of Iran is a failed state In response to President Trump’s escalation of tensions with Iran, the Senate voted on Feb. 13 to require the president to seek congressional authorization for military action against Iran. Mr. Trump himself has claimed that he wants a better Iran nuclear deal — not a war
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The United States faces a strategic adversary in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that is challenging our political, economic, industrial, and educational systems. In response, Congress and the administration have taken steps toward adopting Made in America policies to reduce U.S. dependence on Chinese manufacturing and rebuild our competitive edge. We must ensure that these
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With the Iran nuclear deal on the verge of collapse, it is lethal for diplomats gathering in Vienna to entertain illusions about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s worldview. Rather than assume that the only alternative to diplomacy is the military option—with strikes against Iran’s nuclear program raising the risk of an Iran war—it is time for a
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In “Why America Must Lead Again” (Foreign Affairs, March/April 2020), President-elect Joe Biden promised to renew American leadership by returning to the source of American power — itsdemocratic traditions, commitments and partnerships. The Biden-Harris foreign policy plan, “The Power of Our Example,” makes democracy the touchstone of American foreign policy. It’s truly vintage de Tocqueville:
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