Trump Warns Against War but Iranian People Rise from Below as Israel Strikes from Above
As tensions escalate and Israel continues precision strikes against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, the world stands at a pivotal crossroads. Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan—renowned counterterrorism scholar and longtime advocate of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)—is available to provide critical insight into why now the time to shift U.S. policy toward empowering the Iranian people themselves, rather than repeating the mistakes of military entanglement.
Sheehan argues the U.S. should not fall into the trap laid by the Military-Industrial Complex: perpetual war, endless deployments, and costly “nation-building.” Instead, Washington must leverage the current instability and weaken the clerical regime politically and economically, creating space for the NCRI and the Iranian Resistance movement to emerge as a viable alternative. This path avoids bloodshed abroad while staying true to American values of liberty, self-determination, and support for democracy.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. With Israel disrupting the regime’s nuclear timeline, the Iranian people sense an opening. But without moral clarity and firm backing from the U.S.—not through boots on the ground, but through sanctions, intelligence support, and recognition of the NCRI—this moment could pass. Sheehan warns that ignoring the people’s push for regime change risks ceding the future of Iran to chaos or Chinese Russian hegemony.
Dr. Sheehan can speak to how Tehran’s vulnerabilities are growing, how the Resistance is gaining traction inside Iran, and why a U.S. policy shift—away from appeasement and toward people-powered change—is both strategically wise and morally necessary.
Speakers Available:
Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan – Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore
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Optional Q&A
- Why is now the right moment for the U.S. to shift its Iran policy toward empowering the people rather than intervening militarily?
- How are Israel’s recent operations against Iran’s nuclear program affecting the internal stability of the regime?
- What role can the NCRI play in filling the power vacuum if the mullahs fall?
- Why do you believe bypassing the Military-Industrial Complex is critical to ensuring long-term stability in the region?
- Can you explain why U.S. support for grassroots Iranian opposition is more effective than boots on the ground?
- What are the signs that the Iranian people are ready to rise up, and how should the West respond?
- How can the U.S. weaken the mullahs without inadvertently strengthening rival powers like China or Russia?
- What makes the NCRI uniquely qualified to lead a post-theocracy Iran compared to other opposition factions?
ABOUT DR. IVAN SASCHA SHEEHAN…
Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan is an Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore where he is the Executive Director (Chair) of the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA).
A well-established authority on Iranian affairs, Sheehan’s work in the past decade has involved both peer-reviewed scholarship and policy-oriented writing on the Islamic Republic of Iran and their democratic political opposition. He has authored several books on the topic. His latest book is titled “The Ayatollah’s Hidden Hand: Tehran’s Covert Campaign to Undermine Its Principal Opposition.”
He frequently speaks on policy-oriented matters in Washington, D.C. and participates in scholarly conferences around the world.
Over the past fifteen years, Dr. Sheehan has addressed diverse audiences from academic forums in Europe and at Harvard Law School to policymakers in the U.S. Congress, the National Press Club, and film premieres for the National Geographic Channel. Dr. Sheehan continues to serve as a subject matter expert and consultant on a range of international conflict issues and public policy matters.
Dr. Sheehan is the author of more than one hundred publications and has appeared in Newsweek, National Review, The National Interest, Foreign Policy, Fox News, U.S. News & World Report, among others.
He served on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Boston in the John W. McCormack School of Policy Studies. He previously taught at Bentley College, Tufts University, and George Mason University, after receiving a Ph.D. in 2006.
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CONTACT:
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