Renowned author Ayaan Hirsi urges Trump to ‘rise to the occasion' and end threat Iran poses to the world
Renowned author and human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali has urged Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu to end the Ayatollah's threat to the world and help the Iranian people achieve regime change.
The Somali-born former refugee told Sky News Peta Credlin on Tuesday she hopes Mr Trump can 'rise to the occasion' with Mr Netanyahu and end the Iranian regime.
After the hours-long ceasefire between Iran and Israel crumbled following bombs exploding in Israel, Ms Ali stressed that the US President cannot feel like the job was done after one strike.
'I hope that Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu, that they rise to the occasion and that they don't stop at this moment where we say, 'oh, we've destroyed the facilities, and so now we can move on',' she said.
'We can't move on, they're going to regroup, they are going to use terrorism in the region and beyond. And they're determined to build this bomb. Even if it takes them another 10 decades, they're absolutely determined.
'And that is why they have to be completely removed. And so, the people of Iran want to do it. We just need to help the people instead of throwing the Ayatollah lifeline.'
The renowned author said the Iran regime is committed to changing society, the region and then the 'whole world', hence why it's important the nation does not have nuclear weapons.
'So the reason why it's really important, in my view, to bring this particular regime down is because it's explicitly committed to exporting the Islamic Revolution beyond Iran's borders,' she said.
'And it explicitly says in their constitution that they have to use subversion, terrorism, civil wars, proselytization, and other means, and these other means that is this development of a nuclear bomb. And they regard America as the great Satan and Israel as the little Satan.'
Ms Ali encouraged the US President to help the Iranians hoping for a regime change, citing the differences between Iran and other countries that went through tumultuous regime change.
'They're desperate for change, they just need a little bit of help from us,' Ms Hirsi Ali said.
'Iran is different from Libya and Syria ... And the people of Iran who reject this regime ... they want to rid themselves of this.
'And all we need to do is help them.'
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