Mike Pompeo’s 12 demands from Iran are giving another excuse for Iranian hardliners to come after moderates.
Massoumeh Torfeh
Dr Massoumeh Torfeh is the former director of strategic communication at the UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA). She is a Research Associat... e based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) as well as School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), specialising in the politics of Iran, Afghanistan and central Asia.
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