# Iran’s potential defectors are watching Washington

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Washington Examiner, Nov 11, 2026, 6:00 AM · Read it: <https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4799154/iran-sanctions-us-credibility-should-focus-on-security-defections/>

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s message to the G7 — that Washington intends to maintain severe economic pressure on Iran — has an audience beyond the diplomats gathered in Paris. It also matters to the people inside Iran’s security establishment who may someday have to choose between protecting the regime and abandoning it. For an

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- Nov 11, 2026, 6:00 AM: [Iran’s potential defectors are watching Washington](<https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4799154/iran-sanctions-us-credibility-should-focus-on-security-defections/>) — Washington Examiner (Magazine, United States)
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s message to the G7 — that Washington intends to maintain severe economic pressure on Iran — has an audience beyond the diplomats gathered in Paris. It also matters to the people inside Iran’s security establishment who may someday have to choose between protecting the regime and abandoning it. For an