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Will US Policy on Iran Change After Election?

Henry Ridgwell

   LONDON - Since his election in 2016, U.S. President Donald Trump has
   withdrawn from the Iran nuclear agreement signed in 2015 by his
   predecessor, Barack Obama, and imposed tough sanctions that have
   crippled the Iranian economy. How might the relationship between
   Washington and Tehran change after the U.S. election on November 3?

   2020 began with the United States and Iran on the verge of war. The
   U.S. targeted killing of revered Iranian General Qassem Soleimani
   January 3 - whom Washington accused of masterminding numerous attacks
   in the region - sparked fury in Tehran.

   It retaliated with missile strikes on U.S. bases in Iraq. No U.S.
   service personnel were killed and conflict was averted, but Trump kept
   up the pressure.

   "The United States will immediately impose additional punishing
   economic sanctions on the Iranian regime," Trump told a press
   conference January 8, the day after the Iranian missile strikes.

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