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[Responsible Statecraft] First It Was Regime Change, Now They Want To Break Iran Apart
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Washingtonās foreign policy establishment has a dangerous tendency to dismantle nations it deems adversarial. Now, neoconservative think tanks like the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and their fellow travelers in the European Parliament are openly promoting the balkanization of Iran ā a reckless strategy that would further destabilize the Middle East, trigger catastrophic humanitarian crises, and provoke fierce resistance from both Iranians and U.S. partners.
As Israel and Iran exchanged blows in mid-June, FDDās Brenda Shaffer argued that Iranās multi-ethnic makeup was a vulnerability to be exploited. Shaffer has been a vocal advocate for Azerbaijan in mainstream U.S. media, even as she has consistently failed to disclose her ties to Azerbaijanās state oil company, SOCAR. For years, she has pushed for Iranās fragmentation along ethnic lines, akin to the former Yugoslaviaās collapse. She has focused much of that effort on promoting the secession of Iranian Azerbaijan, where Azeris form Iranās largest non-Persian group.
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