Trump’s actions during his first term as president included abandoning the 2015 nuclear deal, reimposing sweeping sanctions and the assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Suleimani in 2020, and foreshadowed a new approach towards a longstanding adversary. Now back in office, he seems intent on completing that project by forcing Tehran to either accept a deal on American terms or confront military strikes aimed at dismantling the regime itself.