Deputy FM: Iran policies unaltered by US elecions results
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi says country’s principled policies will not be affected by the results of the US presidential elections.
"The results of the US presidential elections will not affect the Islamic Republic of Iran's principled policies," Araqchi said on Saturday.
He, meantime, said that the US hegemonic and bullying policies will not change by the election of a new president, though methods might change.
"In case of new conditions, the Islamic Republic will naturally adopt appropriate methods and solutions relevant to those conditions to meet its interests and confront any possible new pressure or threat," Araqchi said.
Asked if the new US president might return to the nuclear deal, he said that it is still too soon to talk about such issues.
In relevant remarks on Thursday, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani downplayed the importance of the US elections to Tehran, saying that the next ruler of the White House will surrender to the Iranian nation's will.
"It is not important who wins the US election; the next government of America will surrender to the Iranian nation," Rouhani said in a ceremony to inaugurate the first phase of a water transfer project from the Persian Gulf to the Central Iranian provinces.
He said that the hard times that the government and people suffered in the past three years has been "unprecedented".
"We were always under pressure but this was an economic war. They increased the sanctions amid the coronavirus pandemic," Rouhani said.
His comments came after Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined that Iran would continue its past policies irrespective of the results of the November 3 presidential elections in the US.
"No matter who wins the US elections, it won't affect our policy toward the US. Some people talk about what will happen if this or that one is elected. Yes, certain events may happen but they don't concern us. Our policy is calculated and clear," Ayatollah Khamenei said in a televised speech on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and Imam Jafar Sadeq (AS) the sixth Imam of Shiites on Tuesday.