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May 9th, 2018 
Awake Goy FNA- A recent poll, conducted by the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland University (CISSM) and IranPoll, found that the Iranian people want their government to reciprocate US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal by resuming all halted nuclear activities.
The new IranPoll data, which was based on telephone interviews of 1,003 Iranians, was conducted on April 13–17, 2018. The margin of error was +/- 3.1% and it was released on May 8 at a Bourse & Bazaar seminar in Stockholm, showed that any shades of gray within US President Donald Trump’s decision on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is largely irrelevant from the standpoint of Iranian public opinion.
When asked how confident they are that the “United States will live up to its obligations toward the nuclear agreement,” a resounding 92 percent of respondents indicated that they lacked confidence, up dramatically from 41 percent in September 2015.
Iranians consider the US violations of the deal to be indisputable.
Second, Iranian frustrations are leading to calls for drastic action. When asked whether Iran should “retaliate” or “continue to live by the JCPOA” in the event that “the United States takes measures against Iran that are in violation of the JCPOA agreement,” 67 percent of Iranians believe that Iran should retaliate.
Just 31 percent believe that Iran should stick with its commitments under the deal. The proportion of Iranians calling for retaliation has risen 8 percent in the past three months.
Overall approval of the JCPOA has fallen from 76 percent in August 2015 to just 52 percent in April 2018.
President Hassan Rouhani’s own approval rating has fallen from 89 percent to 59 percent in the same period, reflecting the close connection between his political fortunes and those of the nuclear deal.
IranPoll is an independent private full-service public opinion research and consultancy company with global office in Toronto and partner offices in 9 Iranian cities, focusing exclusively on Iran.
The IranPoll series has become one of the best snapshots of public opinion in Iran over recent years, with its polling predictions for the May 2017 presidential elections accurate within less than 2 percentage points.
The CISSM has also been conducting different polls in Iran in cooperation with the University of Tehran and IranPoll for more than two years now.
Source Article from https://theiranproject.com/blog/2018/05/09/poll-iranians-want-resumption-of-enrichment-in-reprisal-for-us-withdrawal-from-jcpoa/
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