Donald Trump urges Iran to negotiate on its nuclear programme

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Since returning to office, Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to negotiate with Iran but the letter marks one of the most concrete public steps his administration has taken to begin the process.
43% : Trump has tapped his special envoy Steve Witkoff to handle the Iran file, and his team has begun working on the issue, according to people familiar with the matter.
39% : "Trump should freeze his pressure campaign for at least a few months to show goodwill and drop his focus on missiles," said a business consultant in Tehran.
37% : Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian swept to power last summer on promises to negotiate a new deal with the US and other global powers, similar to the 2015 nuclear agreement that Trump abandoned in 2018 before launching his "maximum pressure" policy and imposing hundreds of sanctions.
29% : Donald Trump has sent a letter to Iran's supreme leader urging him to reach a deal with the US on its nuclear programme.
29% : However, reformist politicians hope that if Trump limits his demands to the nuclear issue, they might persuade Khamenei to allow negotiations to go ahead.
27% : Trump has suggested he is not seeking regime change but has vowed to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons at any cost.

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