In February, Trump reopened indirect negotiations with Iran, while continuing to multiply his threats. While Western countries and Israel accuse Iran of seeking a nuclear weapon, Tehran has consistently maintained its programme is for civilian purposes. In 2018, he pulled the United States out of the international agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme, which offered Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for limiting its ambitions. In his first term, Trump was the architect of the “maximum pressure” doctrine aimed at weakening Iran economically and diplomatically. During the mass protests that shook Iran in January, Trump warned he would hit “very hard” if authorities “start killing people like they have in the past”. Last year, his forces joined Israel’s war with the Islamic Republic by...