Why does the U.S. sanction Iran again and again while negotiating with Venezuela? | Opinion

While Iranian institutions and leadership are hit with more and more sanctions, sanctions against Venezuela and the Maduro regime are softening in an attempt to get him to negotiate free and fair elections. Playing nice with Maduro will not work, writes a former national security adviser at the U.S. Agency for International Development and senior foreign policy adviser for former Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

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