The Trump-Iran Deal Explained

Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal

8:00 AM · May 06, 2025

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Beege Welborn May 6, 2025 8:00 AM ET

President Donald Trump is right to believe that Iran is in a historically vulnerable position right now.
The Assad regime is kaput. Hezbollah’s effectiveness has been dramatically reduced since Oct. 7. Hama is living underground among the rubble of Gaza.
However, even with a maximum pressure campaign, oil embargoes, domestic instability, two things will never change:
You can’t trust a word that comes out of the Iranian regime’s mouth, and their legitimacy hinges on acquiring nuclear weapons, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”
“The pressure is all on Iran. Militarily. Diplomatically. Economically. Socially. Culturally. What do I mean by that? Culturally, there is about 30% to 40% of the country are non-Farsi Persian speakers. And they're very restive, angry. Power outages. The regime is unpopular. It's diverted billions of dollars to these terrorist appendages that now didn't pay off, that they're defunct.