Iran Urges Trump To Change 'Maximum Pressure' Policy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

33% : During his first term, Trump also ordered the killing of revered Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, who led the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps foreign operations arm, the Quds Force.
27% : Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif urged Trump to reassess the policy of "maximum pressure" he employed against the Islamic republic during his first term.
27% : "Trump must show that he is not following the wrong policies of the past," Zarif told reporters.
23% : However, the deal was torpedoed in 2018 after the United States unilaterally withdrew from the deal under Trump, who later reimposed sanctions on Tehran.
22% : His remarks came after the United States accused Iran of conspiring to assassinate Trump.
22% : On Thursday, foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said he hoped the president-elect's return to power would allow Washington to "revise the wrong approaches of the past", although he avoided mentioning Trump by name.
21% : On Tuesday, election day in the United States, Trump told reporters he was "not looking to do damage to Iran".

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