For many Iranians, Trump's return intensifies worries about war, yet some see reasons for hope
Donald Trump's next presidency will bring: Some foresee an all-out war between Tehran and Washington, particularly as other conflicts rage in the region. Others hold out hope that America's 47th president might engage in unexpected diplomacy as he did with North Korea. But nearly all believe something will change in the US-Iran relationship.
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«Trump will use tougher levers against Iran,» warned Ahmad Zeidabadi, a political analyst. «Iranian officials will keep rejecting him and that could make him escalate his pressure.»
And while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all matters of state, has repeatedly expressed his own disgust with Trump, Iran's new reformist president has kept the door open to talks with Trump to seek relief from international sanctions to buoy a cratering economy. The Iranian Rial, in a free fall for years, hit its lowest value against the dollar on Wednesday before slightly recovering.
The US and Iran have had an adversarial relationship since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution and the takeover of the US Embassy and 444-day hostage crisis that followed.
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