Ben Rhodes: Iran Changed Its Behavior, John Bolton, Pompeo Want Regime Change

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RHODES: "Well first of all, what Bolton said is false. They changed their behavior. They comply with the nuclear deal. They rolled back their nuclear program. The second thing is Bolton called for a regime change when he was outside the administration. So did Pompeo. I don’t think these men changed their views when they came in. I think they do want regime change. The problem Andrea, is the people who are going to be hurt are the Iranian people. When you talk about China and Russia and work arounds, the people in Iran who are best at avoiding sanctions are the worst actors. So the IRGC, the revolutionary guard there, the people who are engaged in supporting terrorism, they constructed all kinds of black network links where they can access revenue even when Iran is under pressure. So I think what you’ll see is, yes, these will have an impact on the Iranian economy. The Iranian people will suffer, but the hard-liners will not suffer because they are the ones who create those work arounds with the Chinese and the Russians."