Iran's government is expressing approval for President Trump's move to freeze spending on foreign aid and potentially overhaul the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Iranian officials believe these decisions will curb funding for pro-democracy activists and other opponents of Iran's theocracy. Meanwhile, Iran is awaiting a signal from Trump regarding negotiations on its nuclear program, with billions of dollars in sanctions and the future of the program at stake. Ordinary Iranians, however, are facing economic uncertainty and worry about the implications of these developments.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran ’s government seems to be welcoming some recent decisions by the United States — even though they happen to come from a man Iran ian 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 Iran ian state media.
” “This is a clear sign of America’s interventionist policy particularly during the Biden administration, which tried to pressure Iran and meddle in its domestic affairs through financial aid,” Bagahei added. It remains unclear how funding for Iranian activists and opposition figures would be affected by the USAID decision. Iran also noticed that the U.S. avoided direct criticism of the Islamic Republic during a review by the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva last week.
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