What to Know About the Tensions Between Iran and the US Before Their Fifth Round of Nuclear Talks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Trump dispatched the letter to Khamenei on March 5, then gave a television interview the next day in which he acknowledged sending it.
56% : But Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the accord in 2018, sparking tensions in the Mideast that persist today. ___ Associated Press writer Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report. ___ The Associated Press receives support for nuclear security coverage from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Outrider Foundation.
39% : Witkoff, Trump and other American officials in the time since have maintained Iran can have no enrichment under any deal, something to which Tehran insists it won't agree.
31% : Why did Trump write the letter?
28% : A previous letter from Trump during his first term drew an angry retort from the supreme leader.
26% : But that's exactly the terms set by the 2015 nuclear deal struck under U.S. President Barack Obama, from which Trump unilaterally withdrew America.

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