By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
January 19, 2026
Tension in Iran has increase recently, as economic woes and reactions against the Islamic regime in power have led to protests that have been met with violence and death inflicted by the forces in power. Trump has threatened armed intervention if the deaths continue. There is every reason to oppose this. But before getting into what might happen in Iran, there is another issue that we need to address, and this issue is basic.