WRONG!
He was turning a blind eye towards their nuclear weapons program.
This while Iran was funding training, and providing weapons to the "insurrection" in Iraq that was killing our troops and many Iraqis.
BTW, my older son served there(Baghdad) with the First Cav Division, 2004-2005 and told me that about half of the "insurgents" they killed and captured spoke Farsi and carried grave markers in Farsi. Fairly clear indication of Iran's and Iranian's involvement.
BTW, I'm opposing your comment. The article is close to accurate. However, as for "independence from great power tutelage. "; Russia, CCP China, and North Korea have been significant in helping Iran's weapons development.
Lol. Iraq was crippled by 2 decades of war and sanctions. Our invasion was a huge blunder, but Clean Break Strategy and Operation Mass Appeal did their magic.