Iran, through its embassy in Algeria, has also begun funding the Polisario Front, a separatist group that claims much of Southern Morocco as its territory. The Front has worked with Al Qaeda affiliates and other Islamic radicals, according to Moroccan intelligence reports.

Now we will see the test of Trump Doctrine. Will the president realize that the Iran threat is bigger than a deal he considers poorly negotiated? It is about removing Iran as global financier of terrorism.

Ahmed Charai is a Moroccan publisher. He is a board directors of the Atlantic Council and an International counselor of the Center for a Strategic and International Studies and an Advisory Board of The National Interest Center in Washington.

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