TEHRAN: When Donald Trump was final within the White Home, he pursued a coverage of “most stress” towards the Islamic Republic of Iran, together with punishing sanctions.
Now that he is set to begin another term as US president in January, nervousness is mounting in Tehran that extra of the identical will comply with.
Throughout Trump’s first time period, the US additionally killed a revered Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps normal in an air strike on Baghdad airport in Iraq.
Such historical past between the 2 long-time adversaries casts a darkish shadow over the prospect of relations enhancing.
“Will probably be dangerous for Iran,” mentioned 37-year-old Bashir Abbaspour, who works at a non-public firm, reflecting widespread concern in Iran as information broke on Wednesday (Nov 6) of Trump’s victory.
His win got here with the Center East in turmoil after the outbreak of the Gaza conflict in October 2023, triggered by the unprecedented attack by Iran-backed Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel.
That conflict has now unfold to Lebanon, the place Israel is battling Hezbollah, one other ally of Iran which itself has now twice launched unprecedented assaults on Israel, in April and October, utilizing drones and missiles.
Iranians greatest keep in mind Trump for his marketing campaign of intensified sanctions and Washington’s 2018 withdrawal from a landmark nuclear deal that provided Tehran sanctions aid in return for curbs on its nuclear ambitions.
The deal’s collapse took a toll on bizarre Iranians grappling with galloping inflation and a pointy depreciation of the rial towards the US greenback.
“The sanctions will enhance, and with that, the costs will too. It is not factor for Iran,” Abbaspour mentioned of Trump’s comeback.
Washington formally broke off relations with Tehran a 12 months after the Islamic revolution in 1979, and ties have been frozen ever since.
