Sunday, November 3, 2024

Iran fears Trump win would bring Israeli strikes on nuclear sites, Western sanctions

DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran’s leadership and allies are bracing for what they would regard as a dreadful outcome of the imminent US presidential election: a return to power of Donald Trump.

Opinion polls suggest that Republican Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris remain locked in a close contest. But Iranian leaders and their regional allies in Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen are concerned that Trump could well triumph on November 5 and this could spell more trouble for them.

Iran’s main concern is the potential for Trump to empower Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strike Iran’s nuclear sites, conduct targeted assassinations, and reimpose his “maximum pressure policy” through heightened sanctions on its oil industry, according to Iranian, Arab and Western officials. (Read More)