Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

Regime change imposed by the West on countries in the Middle East has an almost perfect record of catastrophic failure.

U.S. President Donald Trump has promised too much already to do absolutely nothing about the massacre of protesters in Iran, but he should do the absolute minimum he thinks he can get away with, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

January 15, 2026

LONDON, U.K.— Any day now, the United States will “come to the rescue” of the protesters in the streets of Iran’s cities, and American bombers will unleash “hell” on the minions of the theocratic regime—or not, as the case may be.

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