U.S. Charges Iranian In Plot To Murder Ex-Trump Adviser John Bolton

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Indirect talks between the United States and Iran wrapped up in Vienna on Monday with European Union officials saying they had put forward a final text to resuscitate the agreement, under which Tehran curbed its nuclear program in return for relief from U.S., EU and U.N. economic sanctions.
37% : Iran's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
37% : Iran does not have an extradition treaty with the United States, and Poursafi remains at large.
23% : The Justice Department alleged that Shahram Poursafi, also known as Mehdi Rezayi, 45, of Tehran, was likely motivated to kill Bolton in retaliation for the death of Qassem Soleimani, a commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps killed in a U.S. drone strike in January 2020.
22% : Trump reneged on the nuclear deal in 2018 and restored harsh U.S. sanctions, prompting Tehran to start violating the agreement's nuclear limits about a year later and reviving fears Iran might be seeking to develop nuclear weapons - an ambition it denies.

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