The sweeping sanctions imposed during Trump’s first term encompassed the entire Iranian economy, and did not let up even during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Iran was hit particularly hard. Former US President Joe Biden’s administration also piled on the sanctions,

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. may try to find another nuclear deal with Iran to avoid military conflict and prevent it from developing a weapon.

U.S. concerns about Iran developing nuclear weapons are not a complicated issue and can be resolved given Tehran's opposition to weapons of mass destruction, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday,