Will Trump renew 'maximum pressure' against Iran - or could there be an opening for dialogue?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with Trump, also met with Iran's ambassador to the United Nations earlier this week in a bid to defuse tensions in the next administration, The New York Times reported.
49% : "In the same vein, Araghchi, the foreign minister, has sent positive signals to Trump, saying:The path forward is also a choice.
46% : During his first term, Trump enacted a so-called "maximum pressure" policy aimed at curbing Iran's growing influence in the Middle East.
41% : Iran had grown much stronger after sanctions were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), negotiated by the Obama administration.
27% : In a report in the Wall Street Journal, Iranian officials also told the US government in a secret exchange last month that the country wouldn't seek to kill Trump.
25% : Trump withdrew from this agreement in 2018.
23% : In a sign of openness towards Trump, Iran's vice president for strategic affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has urged him to reassess the policy of "maximum pressure", saying: "Trump must show that he is not following the wrong policies of the past.
22% : Last Friday, the US Department of Justice unveiled federal charges in what it said was a thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate Trump.
20% : Trump's stance towards IranIn his campaign for a second term, Trump has consistently spoken out against prolonged US involvement in wars.

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