Iran’s government seems to be welcoming decisions by the United States — even though they happen to come from a man Iranian operatives have allegedly been plotting to assassinate. President Donald Trump’s moves to freeze spending on foreign aid and overhaul, maybe even end, the U.S. Agency for International Development have been lauded in Iranian state media. Iranian officials also seem to be signaling they are waiting for a message from Trump on whether he wants to negotiate over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. Iran’s currency, the rial, plunged to a record low on Wednesday, a day after Trump’s executive order reimposing “maximum pressure” on Iran.
