Commentary It’s time to get tougher with the Iranian dictatorship—not weaker. Historically, relations between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran have never been positive. When Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew Shah Pahlavi in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he had totally fooled President Jimmy Carter and his administration into thinking the new regime in Iran would be a friend to America and promote peace in the region. Of course, as soon as the Ayatollah cemented his power, the mask of friendship was dropped and Iran began waging a 40-year war on the United States and our allies in the Middle East. The trouble was, Carter—and virtually all his Democratic predecessors—could never come to grips with the fact that they had been duped, and that the Islamic Republic of Iran had no intention of being friendly. President Barack Obama and his administration were the most recent demonstration of this profound misunderstanding …