Tehran – Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told CBS News that the leaders of the Islamic Republic would prefer Joe Biden to win elections in the United States, a novelty for a country that hesitates to let go.
Zarif first insisted that the Iranian government had no preference between President Donald Trump or Biden, but suggested responding, Zarif said that “Biden’s camp statements have been more promising, but we will have to wait and see. “
However, he emphasized that it is not what the new administration says about the crusade that matters, but what it does in power.
“What matters to us is how the White House behaves after the elections, not what promises there are, what slogans are made. The habit of the United States is that Array is another story, no matter who sits in the White House. ” said the US-trained diplomat.
Relations between the United States and Iran have disintegrated since President Trump’s unilateral resolution in 2018 to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal under former President Barack Obama. sanctions – a “maximum pressure” attempt to force Iran to renegotiate the nuclear deal.
Biden’s side has indicated that, if he wins, his administration would be negotiated again to renegotiate the negotiated agreement when he is vice president, but Iran’s foreign minister insisted that this is not Tehran’s hope.
“If we had later wanted to do this [renegotiate], we would have done so with President Trump four years ago,” Zarif told CBS News, adding that “under no circumstances” Tehran would renegotiate the terms of an agreement that has been adopted ever since. United Nations Security Council Resolution.
Zarif insisted that Iran would sign the agreement with the United States.
“We can find a way to recommit, of course. But recommitting means renegotiation,” he said. This means that the United States is back at the negotiating table. “
These are difficult times in Iran. The country is dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19 and economic sanctions that have plunged its currency into a dizzying decline. But despite a battered economy, Zarif said the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” crusade had failed.
“It hurts Iran, ” he admitted. But that didn’t bring the kind of political replacement the United States was looking for, whether it replaces the regime, that it’s the preference of a secure segment of the existing U. S. administration, or what President Trump was looking for, to bring Iran to its knees. you can dictate your trading terms. “
“I know Vice President Biden understands that this will not happen [he will renegotiate the terms of the nuclear deal] and act differently,” Iran’s foreign minister said, but expressed hope that Trump will “do as well. “limit of acting differently. “
Zarif also responded to the claims through US intelligence agencies. But it’s not the first time That his counter-control had received registration data from the US electorate. But it’s not the first time And he used them to verify and erode confidence in the US electoral process. But it’s not the first time He categorically denied any interference through Iran and called President Trump “the only user. “which makes the maximum and effective affront to the American electoral system. “
Anyone interested in undermining American democracy, Zarif suggested, “will simply ask President Trump to continue to communicate about forgeries and inconsistencies in mailed ballots and all sorts of other things. “
Zarif said the Iranian administration had won a letter from the Trump administration, which the White House has yet to confirm, warns the country to act around the election and that the United States would tolerate any interference.
On election night, Zarif will be on a plane to make official visits to Latin America, watching with wonderful interest and apprehension how American democracy shapes his country’s next phase with the United States.