# Trump can’t out-negotiate fanatics who ordered his assassination

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-cant-out-negotiate-fanatics-who-ordered-his-assassination/
- Published: 2026-11-09T19:56:21+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T20:26:14+00:00
- Original publisher: Washington Examiner (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4797547/trump-cannot-out-negotiate-iran/
- Topics: Government, Middle East, Politics, World

## Key points

- The author urges Trump to pursue regime change in Iran.
- He recounts imprisonment and an alleged 2018 transfer attempt.
- He says Iranians once expected stronger US support for change.

## Summary

The author argues that Donald Trump should pursue regime change in Iran rather than negotiate with its leaders, whom the headline describes as having ordered an assassination attempt against him. The article frames Iran’s government as a terrorist regime distinct from the Iranian people, and says Trump’s approach matters to those hoping for political change.

The author says Iranians once believed Trump and former US national security adviser Michael Flynn were serious about overthrowing the Tehran government, citing Flynn’s book, which the author translated into Persian. He also recounts spending four years and four months in prison and alleges that, in January 2018, Trump’s administration tried to hand him over to Iran at Baku airport. He says he nevertheless supports a firm policy aimed at changing Iran’s government.

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