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Iran urges Trump to change ‘maximum pressure’ policy
Iran on Saturday urged US President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider the ‘maximum pressure’ policy he pursued against Tehran during his first term.
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Iran urges Trump to change ‘maximum pressure’ policy
Agence France-Presse . Tehran / Baghdad 09 November, 2024, 23:08
Donald Trump
Iran on Saturday urged US President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider the ‘maximum pressure’ policy he pursued against Tehran during his first term.
‘Trump must show that he is not following the wrong policies of the past,’ Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters on Saturday.
Zarif also said on Saturday that Trump’s political approach towards Iran led to the surge in enrichment levels.
‘He must have realised that the maximum pressure policy that he initiated caused Iran’s enrichment to reach 60 per cent from 3.5 per cent,’ he said.
‘As a man of calculation, he should do the math and see what the advantages and disadvantages of this policy have been and whether he wants to continue or change this harmful policy,’ Zarif added.
During his first term, Trump also ordered the killing of revered Iranian commander, Qasem Soleimani, who led the Revolutionary Guards’ foreign operations arm, the Quds Force.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Thursday said he hoped the president-elect’s return to the White House would allow Washington to ‘revise the wrong approaches of the past’ -- however stopping short of mentioning Trump’s name.
On Tuesday, Trump told reporters he was ‘not looking to do damage to Iran’.
‘My terms are very easy. They can’t have a nuclear weapon. I’d like them to be a very successful country,’ he said after he cast his ballot.
Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expressed hopes during a phone call with US President-elect Donald Trump that he would keep his ‘promises to work towards ending wars’ in the Middle East.
In the phone call, the Iraqi premier pointed to Trump’s ‘campaign statements and promises to work towards ending wars in the region’, a statement from Sudani’s office said late Friday.
‘The two sides agreed to coordinate efforts in achieving this goal,’ it added.
About 2,500 American troops are deployed in Iraq as part of a US-led coalition that was formed to help battle the Islamic State group.
Baghdad has for years called on Washington to provide a clear timeline for the withdrawal of their remaining coalition troops.
Agence France-Presse . Tehran / Baghdad 09 November, 2024, 23:08
Donald Trump
Iran on Saturday urged US President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider the ‘maximum pressure’ policy he pursued against Tehran during his first term.
‘Trump must show that he is not following the wrong policies of the past,’ Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters on Saturday.
Zarif also said on Saturday that Trump’s political approach towards Iran led to the surge in enrichment levels.
‘He must have realised that the maximum pressure policy that he initiated caused Iran’s enrichment to reach 60 per cent from 3.5 per cent,’ he said.
‘As a man of calculation, he should do the math and see what the advantages and disadvantages of this policy have been and whether he wants to continue or change this harmful policy,’ Zarif added.
During his first term, Trump also ordered the killing of revered Iranian commander, Qasem Soleimani, who led the Revolutionary Guards’ foreign operations arm, the Quds Force.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Thursday said he hoped the president-elect’s return to the White House would allow Washington to ‘revise the wrong approaches of the past’ -- however stopping short of mentioning Trump’s name.
On Tuesday, Trump told reporters he was ‘not looking to do damage to Iran’.
‘My terms are very easy. They can’t have a nuclear weapon. I’d like them to be a very successful country,’ he said after he cast his ballot.
Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expressed hopes during a phone call with US President-elect Donald Trump that he would keep his ‘promises to work towards ending wars’ in the Middle East.
In the phone call, the Iraqi premier pointed to Trump’s ‘campaign statements and promises to work towards ending wars in the region’, a statement from Sudani’s office said late Friday.
‘The two sides agreed to coordinate efforts in achieving this goal,’ it added.
About 2,500 American troops are deployed in Iraq as part of a US-led coalition that was formed to help battle the Islamic State group.
Baghdad has for years called on Washington to provide a clear timeline for the withdrawal of their remaining coalition troops.