Irans president reiterated his hope Wednesday that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden would return Americas Iran policy to where he left things as vice president four years ago, state TV reported, rejoining Tehrans nuclear deal with world powers.
Hassan Rouhani said that if Iran and the U.S. could find a path back to the situation on Jan 20, 2017, President Donald Trumps inauguration day, it could be a huge solution for many issues and problems.
Under Trump, tensions between the U.S. and Iran have escalated, pushing the two sides to the brink of war earlier this year.
One of Trumps signature foreign policy moves was unilaterally withdrawing from the nuclear accord in 2018, which had limited Irans uranium enrichment in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. Trump has since piled punishing sanctions on Iran that have devastated the countrys economy and crashed its currency.
Rouhani called on Biden to explicitly condemn Trumps maximum pressure campaign as well as compensate for wrong policies pursued over the past four years, a possible reference to the massive financial losses Iran suffered as a result of Trumps sanctions campaign.
In an effort to pressure Europe to find a way around the sanctions, Iran has gradually abandoned the limits of the nuclear deal. Irans enriched uranium stockpile, which would have been under 300 kilograms (660 pounds) in the deal, now stands at over 2,440 kilograms (5,380 pounds), according to the latest report by U.N. inspectors.
Thats potentially enough material to make at least two nuclear weapons, experts say, if Iran chose to pursue the bomb. Iran long has maintained its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
Rouhani, a relative moderate, along with Irans foreign minister, have signaled the countrys willingness to roll back its enrichment and return to negotiations.
Although Biden appears unlikely to lift crippling sanctions on Iran in his first steps in office, as Rouhani demanded in his Wednesday speech, the president-elect has indicated he would return to the nuclear deal if Iran first comes back into compliance.
(AP)
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Rouhani wants compensation? Here’s a dollar, keep the change.
Certainly, right after you compensate for 40 years of death and terrorism
huju. You forgot a couple of ya filthy animal
To syforever: I did not forget anything. I try not to dehumanize even the worst people. Dehumanizing is an ugly first step in the long road to crimes against humanity.