The historic U.S. mission to extradite Venezuela’s now-former dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife to United States further isolates one of its primary patrons, the Iranian regime. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained that among the goals of the military operation is preventing Venezuela from “cozy[ing] up to Hezbollah and Iran in our own hemisphere.”
Operation Absolute Resolve could not come at a more ominous time for Iran’s leadership. As the world ushered in a new year, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran finished “an escape plan” to flee to the warm embraces of Vladimir Putin should the revolt of shopkeepers and students who shout “Death to the Dictator” spiral beyond his control.
Last year was a bad year for the theocratic
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