Warum und wie die USA die Demokratie im Iran unterstützen sollten

At his Substack, Senior Fellow Michael McFaul outlines a US foreign policy in Iran that would weaken its autocratic regime and support the embattled democratic movement within that nation. “Iran’s repressive dictatorship has never been weaker,” McFaul finds. “More pressure from the free world, including first and foremost from the United States, could finally tip the scales in favor of the democrats.” McFaul argues that rather than pursue a deal with the degraded Khamenei dictatorship, “[President] Trump and other leaders of the democratic world must prioritize the human rights of courageous Iranian protestors.” McFaul outlines several possible ways the United States could do this, including providing communications equipment to Iranian democrats, funding Iranian pro-democracy nongovernmental organizations, and strengthening sanctions against “all individuals and institutions—not just some—connected to the regime.”