In a tweet, he also curiously named Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the group. Abe was on the first visit to Iran by a Japanese premier since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Coming from a Japanese leader, those words have great sway. Trump administration hawks such as Bolton — the neocon mind behind the Iraq War — have been braying for war with Iran for decades. The volatility in the region is in no small part due to the violation of the Iran nuclear deal by the US.

Source: The Express Tribune June 15, 2019 05:03 UTC