Locked in Mideast Wars and Battered by Sanctions, Iran Is Wary Over US Presidential Election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : "Others believe Trump, with his promises of dealmaking, might be a better fit.
46% : "But I still think if it's Trump, it will be more difficult, especially for my son who is a student and plans to apply" to study in America.
36% : Those who did speak to the AP mostly expressed worries about a direct United States-Iran war -- especially if Trump wins.
36% : A woman who only gave her name as Mahnaz, fearing repercussions for speaking openly, suggested that Harris, as a woman, couldn't reach any deals with Iran because "men can talk to men.""I think if Trump is elected, it will be much harder for our kids.
35% : "Reza Ghaemi, a 31-year-old taxi driver, also suggested Trump may lessen tensions in the region since he pushed to withdraw U.S. troops from the Mideast during his term in office.
35% : While saying he wants Trump to win "for my own reasons," 53-year-old Ahmad Moradi claimed that would make a U.S.-Iran war "100%" sure to happen.
30% : "I do not know what the American people think, but Trump is able to get a quick deal with Iran," said Mohammad Ali Raoufi, 43, who runs a double-glazed window workshop.
29% : "We saw Trump in the past and he just ran an anti-Iran policy," Rezaei told The Associated Press.
26% : "All U.S presidents elected after the (1979) revolution had the same views about Iran and I think that's unlikely to change," said Sadegh Rabbani, 65.Harris and Trump have offered hard-line views on Iran, making Iranians waryBoth candidates have either undertaken or expressed tough stances on Iran.
22% : Trump has been briefed on Iranian plots to retaliate against him, as well over his decision to launch a 2020 drone strike that killed Iran's top general, Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad.
19% : In 2018, Trump unilaterally pulled America out of Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers, setting off years of attacks across the Middle East even before Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

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