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Iran’s collapsing rial has ripped the lid off a regime that long convinced itself it could buy loyalty with repression and rationed goods, and the people are finally fighting back. What began as protests over soaring prices and a worthless currency have swollen into nationwide demonstrations that, by credible counts, have cost thousands of lives and shaken the mullahs’ grip on power. The roar from Tehran is proof that monetary ruin — not just slogans — can catalyze real political change.
Last summer’s concentrated strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure by Israel, with significant U.S. support, did more than degrade centrifuges — they punctured the regime’s strategic swagger and worsened an economy already on life support. Reports from the region describe twelve days of precision attacks that heavily damaged Natanz, Isfahan and the Arak complex, leaving Iran’s nuclear ambitions set back and the regime scrambling to fund defense and retain control. Those blows accelerated capital flight and panic, turning a simmering economic crisis into an open collapse.
History teaches what is unfolding in Iran: runaway inflation and a destroyed currency dismantle the social compact and invite upheaval. Observers and economists have long pointed to revolutions and regime changes that followed monetary collapse, and the Iranian case is the latest, clearest example. If you want a regime to fall, let its money fail — the people will do the rest.
That hard lesson across the globe should set off alarm bells in Washington: a stable currency is not some abstract technocratic virtue, it is national security. Steve Forbes and other conservative economists have repeatedly warned the White House that flirting with a weak-dollar policy is a fool’s errand that hands strategic advantage to America’s rivals. Weakening the greenback in the name of short-term trade gains risks long-term strength and influence, precisely when the world needs a resolute America.
President Trump must hear that message loud and clear — do not sacrifice the dollar on the altar of petty political fixes. Markets are already signaling concern as gold and other safe havens rally, and that wobble can quickly translate into inflation that hits hardworking Americans in the wallet. A proud, patriotic administration protects the dollar and uses American economic power as a lever for freedom, not a bargaining chip to be devalued.
At the same time, America should stand with the brave Iranians demanding liberty, using sanctions, diplomatic pressure and targeted support to speed the day when the ayatollahs no longer terrorize their people. The U.S. has re-imposed and tightened sanctions before, and prudent actions now can amplify the economic pressures that have already set the regime reeling. Make no mistake: strategic pressure plus moral clarity can finish what economic collapse has begun.
This is a moment for conservatives to be unapologetically American and unapologetically pro-freedom: keep the dollar robust, punish tyrants with smart economic power, and back the people who yearn for liberty. Weak money makes weak nations; a strong dollar gives America the weight to act and the moral authority to support oppressed patriots abroad. If the administration acts with resolve, we can watch a bankrupt, brutal regime shrink into history while the United States stands taller and freer.
