Rudy Giuliani pushed for regime change in Iran on Saturday, saying President Donald Trump is \u201cas committed to regime change as we are.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s \u201cthe only way to peace in the Middle East\u201d and \u201cmore important than an Israeli-Palestinian deal,\u201d Giuliani, Trump\u2019s newest attorney in the ongoing Russia probe and a former mayor of New York City, told reporters after giving a speech to the Iran Freedom Convention for Democracy and Human Rights in Washington.<\/p>\n
The speech was hosted by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities, a group that aims to promote democracy in the Islamic Republic and was supportive of the December protests there.<\/p>\n
At one point in his speech, Giuliani, who has served as an informal adviser to Trump and was under consideration to be his secretary of state, pretended that his notes were the Iran nuclear deal, ripping them up and spitting on them.<\/p>\n
The White House is considering the future of the Iran nuclear agreement struck between Iran and the U.S., five other countries and the European Union.<\/p>\n
During the December protests in Iran, Trump tweeted that it was \u201cTIME FOR CHANGE!\u201d, adding \u201cthe great Iranian people have been repressed for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the Obama Administration,\u201d Trump tweeted on Jan. 1. \u201cThe great Iranian people have been repressed for many years. They are hungry for food & for freedom. Along with human rights, the wealth of Iran is being looted. TIME FOR CHANGE!\u201d<\/p>\n
As a congressman, Mike Pompeo, now secretary of state, wrote in a Fox News op-ed \u201cCongress must act to change Iranian behavior, and, ultimately, the Iranian regime.\u201d His predecessor at State, Rex Tillerson, also voiced explicit support for regime change, telling CNN, \u201cwe always support a peaceful transition of power.\u201d A top State Department official la
\nGiuliani caused confusion earlier this week when he said that three Americans being held in North Korea were going to be released on Thursday. As of Friday morning, CNN reported that the National Security Council had no update on the situation. Trump told reporters Friday afternoon that he has been \u201cconstant contact\u201d with North Korea.<\/p>\n
Amid the focus on his comments about the release, Giuliani told reporters Saturday, \u201cThe less said about it, the better,\u201d adding he does not know anything about the status of the prisoners.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing has changed, they\u2019re working on it,\u201d Giuliani added. \u201cI\u2019m not privy to what they are doing. I\u2019m reading the newspapers just like you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rudy Giuliani pushed for regime change in Iran on Saturday, saying President Donald Trump is \u201cas committed to regime change as we are.\u201d It\u2019s \u201cthe only way to peace in the Middle East\u201d and \u201cmore important than an Israeli-Palestinian deal,\u201d Giuliani, Trump\u2019s newest attorney in the ongoing Russia probe and a former mayor of New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-gathering","category-articles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n