all sanctions imposed by the Trump administration before returning back to the original nuclear agreement. Those officials that tried to examine the possibility of limited lifting of sanctions alongside the cessation of Iranian progress in the nuclear field , discovered that the situation in Iran today is totally different from what it was in 2013. Alongside the fact that Iranian President Rouhani, who pushed for the previous nuclear deal, was significantly weakened politically by the U.S. departure from the agreement, also Khamenei himself is no longer the same Khamenei. It seems thatt he Supreme Leader of Iran has taken matters into his own hands and is