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President Donald Trump’s war with Iran seems to be causing a seismic change in the Middle East, but according to a new break down from The i Paper, it is happening in just about the exact opposite way he intended.<\/p>\n

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Writing for the outlet on Thursday, foreign affairs reporter Kieron Monks relayed the news of the recent address given by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. There, he claimed that the country’s war with the U.S. and Israel was bringing about a change in the region that the Iranian government has long been working towards.<\/p>\n

“The nations and lands of the region will no longer serve as shields for American bases,\u201d Khamenei said. \u201cAmerica will no longer have a secure foothold for its mischief or military presence in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

“For decades, Iran\u2019s clerical regime has made the expulsion of US forces from the Middle East a central aim,” Monks explained. “Tehran believes that Trump\u2019s war is bringing that vision closer to reality.”<\/p>\n

The U.S. has so far balked at peace demands from Iran requiring it to withdraw military forces from the region. Now, however, with Iran targeting numerous U.S. military bases in the region, Monks said that Middle Eastern nations “are wondering if they have become liabilities rather than assets.”<\/p>\n

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Dina Esfandiary, an Iran specialist and Middle East lead for Bloomberg Economics, told The i Paper that the nation “100 percent” sees an opening with this war to try and force the U.S. out. Andreas Krieg, a Gulf security expert at King\u2019s College London, added that the current political dynamics in the U.S. might actually bear out in Iran’s favor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a lot of people in the MAGA world are saying do we actually need to be there, a lot of voices in the Gulf are saying, why are we paying for the Americans to be here?\u201d Krieg observed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s obvious that the war in Iran has not gone well,\u201d Kristian Ulrichsen, a Middle East scholar with a focus on the Persian Gulf at Baker University\u2019s Rice Institute, told the outlet, concurring with Krieg’s observations. \u201cThe objectives were not achieved and it has created a situation where the US cannot force a decisive breakthrough. That may give talking points to the groups in D.C. who make the argument that actually we should leave the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

“It is extremely unlikely that the US military would pull out entirely,” Monks explained. “But the Trump administration is under increasing domestic and international pressure over its role in the region.”<\/p>\n

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