“If the regime doesn’t have to pay for reconstructing whatever it is we’re going to reconstruct, they’re going to use it to embed themselves.”
The proposed $300bn reconstruction of Iran included in the US-Iran peace deal is “going to basically permanently put in place this regime”, says former US assistant secretary of defence for Middle East under Trump Mick Mulroy.
Mick Mulroy was speaking to Ayesha Hazarika on Times Radio Drive. Listen live everyday from 4-7pm.
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