Many reformists welcome better ties with the United States.
We have always said that Iran is interested in trade with US firms. The abolition of the ban would be a major step of reconciliation between the United States and Iran. The two nations broke relations in April 1980, five months after Iranian militants stormed the US Embassy in Tehran and held its occupants hostage. The United States accuses Iran of sponsoring terrorism, trying to sabotage Middle East peacemaking and seeking to amass weapons of mass destruction. Iran rejects the accusations.