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President Barack Obama (at the office 2009-2017) and President George W. Bush (at the office 2001-2009) navigated a difficult path with the volatile security landscape of Middle East and the challenges posed by Iran.

 

 

 

 

Yet in retrospect, both Presidents acted according to the necessities of their time, by implementing Iran policies which were well-suited to the respective geopolitical of their era, and to the regional dynamics at the time. 

While President Bush applied the isolation, the political and economic sanctions against Iran, President Obama took the path of diplomacy and open-ended dialogue in the hope of finding the lasting solution to the Iran’s long decades of dilemma.

Driven by a vision of global peace, President Obama provided the Iranian regime numerous opportunities to dismantle its internal authoritarian structures and ends its destabilizing activities across the Middle East and beyond.

Throughout his administration, pivotal events—including the emergence of mass protests by young Iranian (the Green Movement of 2009), the intense power struggle inside the country, and the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal— brought the sign of potential shift from hardline regime toward a more moderate one. Yet President Obama’s administration soon confronted a sobering reality that the shift was merely transient. The regime continued to double down its role as a regional proxy for Russian and Chinese interests, resumed its nuclear ambition, while escalating hostilities toward its own people inside, the U.S, Israel, its neighboring countries, and the West.

The dawn of 2025 and 2026 has inaugurated a different era– as President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu decided to cast aside the old strategies which couldn’t bring the final breakthrough. They’ve embanked entirely on a different path by placing maximum economic pressure, and later executing military operations combined of  ‘Epic Fury’ and ‘Roaring Lion’ to end the half a century regime’s regional dominance and endless mayhem.

Indeed, the synchronized execution of the U.S. operation Epic Fury and Israel’s Roaring Lion, has for the first time ignited a genuine sense of hope in the region, offering the 90 million Iranians at home and over 10 million abroad a tangible vision of a future without the religious dictatorship. These operations have brought the prospect of a Free Iran closer to reality than ever before. 

Since beginning of the Epic Fury and Roaring Lion,  I’ve attended many events in Iranian’s campaign rallies in Europe, supporting President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s policies to liberate Iran. All I hear in every event and in every rally is– the crowd chant in a rhythmic thunder:  Thank you President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu.  We love you Israel…..U.S.A.

 

 

Article by Catherine S. Schmidt, Editor in Chief.

Acknowledgments: Image-1 President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama during the inauguration ceremony in Washington DC. January 20, 2009 © NBC news/ by Kevin Lamarque / Reuters.