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For many Iranians, Trump’s return intensifies worries about war. Yet some see reasons for hope

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Iran 's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has repeatedly expressed his own disgust with Trump .

But Iran ’s new reformist president has kept the door open to talks with Trump to seek relief from international sanctions to buoy a cratering economy.

The Iranian rial, in a free fall for years , hit its lowest value against the dollar on Wednesday before slightly recovering.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian campaigned on a promise of outreach to the West to lift sanctions over Iran ’s nuclear program.

On Thursday , he appeared to remain open to talks with Washington , saying “it doesn’t matter who has won the U.S. elections” Some Iranians feel Iran already is at its breaking point.

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