An ultimatum to the Ayatollah: comply within days or face consequences. And, running through it all, a conviction that one decisive blow will force Tehran to yield. These might sound like the operating assumptions of Donald Trump’s 2026 war on Iran or the US president’s most recent Truth Social posts. They come from the late 1980s and Trump’s first shortlived flirtation with a White House campaign. Loading...Financial Times

Source: The North Africa Journal March 24, 2026 17:01 UTC