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** President Trump, Please Do Not Leave Iran's Regime in Place! ([link removed])
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by Majid Rafizadeh • January 31, 2026 at 5:00 am
* Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, China, and other states provide Iran with safe geography, money, energy markets, financial loopholes, proxy shelters, and diplomatic cover.
* Iran's regime enjoys a "back door" that keeps it alive even under heavy international pressure. It is a door that the West has left open for too long.
* President Donald J, Trump's solution appears to be a "deal" that Iran's neighbors have evidently conned him into accepting, to spare them having to live in a truly democratic and peaceful Middle East where their corrupt dictatorships might be exposed.
* Worse, this "deal" would seemingly leave in place the savage mullahs who slaughtered more than 36,000 of their own citizens, apparently in just one night: January 8-9.
* Iran's mullahs need to be offered an off-ramp to take the money and run, as Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was. A transitional government with the Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, with the help of the US, could hardly be worse than the transitional government in Venezuela headed by Delcy Rodriguez.
* If countries such as Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan -- all committed sponsors of terror -- do not want to see a Middle East freed of it, too bad for them. For only then will not just the Iranian people -- but the entire region -- be able to move forward toward stability and security, far away from their destructive reach.

Iran's mullahs need to be offered an off-ramp to take the money and run, as Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was. A transitional government with the Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, with the help of the US, could hardly be worse than the transitional government in Venezuela headed by Delcy Rodriguez. Pictured: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro meets with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on October 22, 2016, in Tehran. (Image source: khamenei.ir)

One of the most effective ways to keep weakening Iran's brutal regime, hopefully on the path to escorting it out, is not only to put direct pressure on the regime itself, but also on the countries that allow it to operate freely, fund its proxies, and expand its influence.

Iran's regime survives largely because it has enablers to help it move money, recruit people, transfer weapons, and rebuild after every round of sanctions. If these countries face real consequences for advancing Iran's activities, the regime's ability to rearm itself will shrink dramatically. Weakening Iran requires cutting off not just its internal power, but also the foreign platforms that let it breathe, operate, and grow.

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