Donald Trump policy on Iran is self evidently counter-productive
The US and Iran have rarely agreed on how to proceed with nuclear talks or other elements of their bilateral relations.
However, synergies and similarities between two factions — Iranian hardliners and the hawks of the current US administration — are as counterintuitive as they are profound. Indeed, Donald Trump’s new Iran strategy has given radicals in Tehran reason to celebrate, as they have found in the US president an unwitting ally in their quest for political dominance.
