DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Officials in Iran are considering negotiating and reconciling with incoming President Donald Trump instead of acting adversarially as in the past, The New York Times reports.
Iran long has held disdain for Trump, having conducted cyberwarfare operations against his presidential campaign and working through various individuals to try to assassinate the former president in recent years.
Now that Trump has locked in a second term, some Iranian officials are questioning whether the best way forward now is to deal with Trump diplomatically, according to five officials who spoke to the Times. That sentiment is being shared in Iranian media and among former officials.
“Do not lose this historic opportunity for change in Iran-U.S. relations,” Hamid Aboutalebi, former political adviser to Iran’s government and established politician,
