Why President Trump is courting disaster by not understanding Iranian culture

On 8 Jan, Founder of Libya-Analysis LLC Jason Pack published an article with The Washington Post in which he analyses the recent developments in the tense relationship between the United States of the Trump administration and Iran. Drawing on the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani orchestrated by the Trump administration, Pack demonstrates that the US strategy is based on a profound misunderstanding of Iranian culture. For Pack, the US attack is most likely to fuel Iranian resistance and deepen tensions rather than deter the threat posed by Iran in the US’s view.Click here to read the article.