Iranian official reportedly met with Elon Musk in an apparent effort ease tensions with Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Iran's outreach comes as Trump has been announcing picks for key foreign policy posts -- including Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state and Rep. Mike Waltz for national security adviser -- who are expected to be tough on Iran.
20% : READ MORE: DOJ brings criminal charges in Iranian murder-for-hire plan that targeted TrumpThe plot was part of what federal officials have described as ongoing efforts by Iran to target U.S. government officials, including Trump, on U.S. soil.
17% : Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed U.S. officials, that Iran told the Biden administration in a written message delivered on Oct. 14 that it would not try to kill Trump.
14% : The Justice Department this month revealed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill Trump, charging a man who said he had been tasked by an Iranian government official in September with planning Trump's assassination.
4% : While Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all matters of state, has repeatedly expressed his own disgust with Trump, Iran's new reformist president has kept the door open to talks with Trump to seek relief from international sanctions.

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