Tehran calls on Donald Trump to “change” its policy towards the Islamic Republic

This agent is accused of having received orders to organize assassination plans in the United States, particularly targeting the new elected president.

“Mr. Trump must show that he is not following the wrong policies of the past.” Through its Vice President for Strategic Affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran sent Donald Trump a signal of openness on Saturday, November 9, calling on the American president-elect to adopt a new policy towards the Republic. Islamic. These comments were made after the announcement by the American authorities on Friday of the indictment of a “agent of Iran”. He is accused of having received orders to organize assassination plans in the United States, particularly targeting Donald Trump. Accusations “totally unfounded” according to Tehran.

Mohammad Javad Zarif, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, was the architect on the Iranian side of the nuclear agreement, concluded in 2015 between Tehran and the international community, including the United States. But the pact was torpedoed three years later, when then-President Donald Trump withdrew his country from it and reimposed heavy sanctions as part of a policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran.

“As a man of calculations, [Donald Trump] should see what the advantages and disadvantages of this policy were and whether he wishes to continue or change this harmful policy”declared Mohammad Javad Zarif, referring to the career of Donald Trump, who was a real estate businessman. Pressure from the Trump administration has “passes on enrichment [d’uranium] of Iran from 3.5% to 60% and caused the increase in the number of its centrifuges”he underlined, referring to the measures taken by Iran in response to the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the 2015 agreement.

Donald Trump, for his part, assured Tuesday that he was not seeking to harm Iran, affirming that on the contrary he wanted the Iranians to have “a very prosperous country”. More “They can't have nuclear weapons”he added. The Republican's victory comes at a delicate time for Iran, caught up in the war in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Hamas, and the spillover of the conflict in neighboring Lebanon against Hezbollah.