In an article published on The Hill, Marik van Rennenkamp writes that the Bush administration's policy of extreme pressure on Iran is based on erroneous assumptions about Iran's capabilities and strategic priorities.
Rennenkamp argues that the administration's handling of Tehran's support for armed groups fighting a proxy war is unrealistic given the region's current tensions and that the White House's efforts to change Iran's behavior are doomed to failure.
The writer adds that an important fact is absent from the minds of decision makers in the Trump administration, which is that the Iranian people in all political spectrum combines the importance of those armed groups of national security of Iran.
In the opinion of the writer that the most effective way to reduce Iran's influence and expansionist ambitions in the Middle East may be by easing the tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran and the Iranian American, considering that the ideological ideology hostile to the Shiite Muslims, which stands behind the spread of Saudi Arabia, can ensure the continuation of Iranian popular support for armed groups.
Trump's administration should give priority to curbing Saudi destabilizing activities in the region. He said Saudi Arabia's export of what he called "a poisonous and divisive religious ideology around the world" is more destabilizing than Iranian activities.
Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf support what he calls "militant groups" for similar purposes, adding that America's allies in the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia, have exercised similar activities to extend their influence in the region. Region.