A Country at a Crossroads
Celebrations also occurred outside among diaspora communities, for instance public gatherings in Europe and the United States where exiles expressed relief and hope for change. While many celebrated, others were mourning deeply inside. Large state-organized mourning rallies took place, with people dressed in black, crying, and chanting in favor of the regime.
Every U.S. president for the last quarter-century has asserted that America will never let get a nuclear weapon and was prepared to use force to prevent that from happening. But only Trump seems to have fully grasped the stark nature of the threat that Tehran poses to the United States—and the world.
