By James M. Dorsey

Iran is signaling its willingness to negotiate a nuclear deal with Donald J. Trump as the president-elect assembles an administration populated by Iran hawks who favour exerting maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic but oppose US military intervention and attempts at regime change.

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By James M. Dorsey

is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies as Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, co-director of the Institute of Fan Culture of the University of Würzburg and the author of the blog, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, and a forthcoming book with the same title.