Tehran has its own trade network.

Funding both sides of the Israel-Hamas war.

There isn’t a moment to lose.

Protestors want revolution, not reform.

Without driving up oil prices.

The regime can’t afford to enforce its laws effectively.

More regional influence for Beijing, and more tools of repression for Tehran.

Building a safe haven, training ground, and university for the terrorists of tomorrow.

Rewarding the ayatollahs’ malfeasance as they move closer to getting nuclear weapons.

Put the Magnitsky act, and its various counterparts, to work.

The deal would at best have slowed them down, while giving them more money.

Tehran’s hostility to the West is an essential tool for Beijing.

Hope is not a strategy.

The terrorist group is unpopular at home and vulnerable abroad.