WASHINGTON: America’s conservatives have eagerly cheered the wave of anti-regime protests sweeping Iran, seizing on the movement as a stark repudiation of the outreach towards Tehran pursued under Barack Obama’s presidency.

Emboldened by the words of President Donald Trump, who warned Tehran that “the world is watching,” dozens of Republican lawmakers have rushed to praise the protesters flooding Iranian cities in the biggest test in years for the Islamic regime.

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