U.S. paying price for Iran nuclear deal withdrawal

Sun City West reader: Trump will deny responsibility for bad outcome he instigated

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OPINION — President Trump keeps telling us that Iran attacked us in 1979 and has been attacking us since then.

Iran had a democratic government after WWII. In 1953 the United States and Great Britain orchestrated a coup that toppled that government and installed the shah as dictator.

The Iranian nuclear treaty was signed on July 14, 2015. All the signers verified that Iran was complying with the terms.

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