Iran woos Trump with a ‘trillion-dollar’ opportunity. But will a nuclear deal make America rich?
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Iran is crafting its nuclear pitch in language designed to flatter Donald Trump’s favorite persona: the dealmaker-in-chief.
Iran is crafting a potential nuclear agreement with the United States, wrapping it in language designed to flatter US President Donald Trump’s favorite persona: the dealmaker-in-chief. Officials in Tehran have seized on Trump’s anti-war, pro-business image to pitch an Iran-US nuclear agreement as a way to help Trump fulfill his pledge to “make America rich again.” Tehran’s argument is that a war with Iran would bleed American coffers, while diplomacy could open the door to economic prosperity. To that point, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented his country as being open for American business in a Washington Post opinion article last month. “Many in Washington portray Iran as a closed country from an economic point of view. The truth is that we are open to welcoming businesses from around the world,” he wrote. “It is the US administrations and congressional impediments, not Iran, that have kept American enterprises away from the trillion-dollar opportunity that access to our economy represents.” Iranian officials are framing a potential deal as a business opportunity tailored to Trump’s priorities, including his emphasis on tariffs and demands for economic reciprocity, said Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, chief executive of the economic think tank Bourse & Bazaar Foundation.
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