Rasa - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif couldn’t be more accurate when he said US President Donald Trump’s moves against the Iranian people belie his recent claim that he “supports” them.

Rasa - In Iran - Regime Change Agents Hijack Economic Protests we looked at the developing US-Israeli operation to instigate a revolt in Iran. What follows are a few more background points and a view on the developments since. A color revolution or revolt in Iran have only little chances of success. But even as the fail they can be used as pretext for additional sanctions and other anti-Iranian measures. The current incidents are thus only one part of a much larger plan.

Rasa - War-party Washington has been denying reports that they are behind this week’s riots and violent protests in Iran. However, that hasn’t stopped President Donald Trump from openly endorsing the seditionists, and promising “great support from the United States at the appropriate time”, which of course only means further economic sanctions on the nation.

Rasa - Just like US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed the anti-government protesters in Iran in a video posted on his Facebook page. He has denied accusations that Israel is behind the illegal demonstrations as well.

Rasa - On Wednesday, January 3, hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets nationwide to renew their allegiance to the Islamic establishment and condemn the recent wave of foreign-backed violence and riots in some cities.

Rasa - Of all the various twists and turns of the unrests in Iran in the past few days, the effort by the Trump White House to marginalize and stigmatize the Islamic Republic is among the more preposterous.

Rasa - It doesn’t take a strategic mind to understand why Israeli media is reporting a secret deal has been negotiated and signed by the Trump and Netanyahu regimes regarding what they describe as “the Iranian threat,” pledging full cooperation with one another – and Saudi Arabia - in targeting Iran in various ways.

Rasa - War-party Washington’s war on Iraq and Syria on the pretext of fighting terror is far from over – at least that’s according to Defense Secretary James Mattis.

Rasa - On December 8 the US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, tweeted that Washington “will not be lectured to by countries that lack any credibility when it comes to treating both Israelis and Palestinians fairly” which was an insulting rejection of international reaction to Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Rasa - The competition between Iran and Saudi Arabia over regional influence has been unfolding more and more since coming to rule of Salman bin Abdulaziz and his son Muhammad bin Salman in early 2015. Amid ongoing fierce rivalry, Riyadh is heavily working on putting strains on Tehran's allies in a bid to curb Iran's regional influence.