Trump’s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz could backfire by dividing allies, while Iran remains defiant, driven by national pride,and unwilling to “lose face” on nuclear enrichment, says Iran expert from the University of Oxford’s Middle East centre Yassamine Mather.
Would somebody be kind enough to explain to me why Iran should not be allowed to have nuclear weapons when Israel is allowed to have them? Why the double standard? It cannot be said that Israel can be allowed nuclear weapons because of its responsible behaviour. The genocide in Gaza proves that Israel under Netanyahu’s government is anything but responsible. So, what makes leaders like Trump think that the Iranian government would be even less responsible than the Israeli government? For truly, it seems hard for me to imagine that it is even possible for any government to behave more irresponsibly than Netanyahu and his government have in Gaza. So many innocent people have perished, among them so many innocent children, and the world has just looked away. — © Mark Alexander
