Trump Sends Letter To Ayatollah Urging Fresh Nuclear Negotiations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Trump himself revealed the overture in a Friday interview with Fox Business, a first such significant engagement of the administration with Tehran, which is somewhat surprising given Trump's tone regarding Iran has been hawkish, especially on the prior campaign trail.
55% : An earlier Fox News interview in February marked the point at which Trump first laid out that Iran has two choices.
38% : Trump has recently brought back 'maximum pressure' on Iran, and has even this week advanced the possibility of cracking down on sanctions-busting Iranian oil exports on the high seas, using naval intervention.
28% : "Everybody thinks Israel with our help or our approval will go in and bomb the hell out of them," Trump had said at the time while discussing potential Israeli military action against Tehran.
27% : The Ayatollah has said that Iran simply can't trust Washington to abide by any deal, given any future administration can overturn it, just as Trump did.
22% : "I've written them a letter saying I hope you negotiate, because if we have to go in militarily, it's going to be a terrible thing for them," Trump confirmed to Fox Business's Maria Bartiromo.
22% : While it's unclear what the reaction will be from the newly sent letter, both the Iranian president and Ayatollah have earlier explained that a perfectly good deal was already in effect - the 2015 JCPOA under Obama - but that Trump unilaterally pulled the US out of it in April 2018.

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