Will Washington Use Deaths of Top Islamic Republic Officials as Opportunity To Change Course on Tehran Policies?

Two of those killed in Sunday’s helicopter crash were instrumental in the Islamic Republic’s most regressive policies: increased oppression at home, ever-escalating Mideast proxy wars, and pursuit of nuclear weapons.

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President Raisi at Tehran's Mehrabad airport. AP/Vahid Salemi, file

President Biden, following the deaths of multiple top officials of the Iranian Islamic Republic, has an opportunity to reverse policies that have guided his Mideast policy since day one of his administration. Will Washington seize the moment?

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