The Iranian government said on Thursday, Nov 7, that Donald Trump’s victory in the November 5 US presidential election provided an opportunity for Washington to rethink “its past wrong policies.
According to Iranian state media, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, “We have very bitter experiences with the policies and approaches of different US governments in the past.”
Trump now seals election victory after a polarizing and dizzying campaign, marked by two attempts on his life and the late entry into the White House race by Kamala Harris following the surprise withdrawal of President Joe Biden. He will be the 47th president of the US. Ahead of the declaration of the winner, Iran dismissed the American election as “irrelevant.”
“The general policies of the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran are fixed,” said government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani. “It doesn’t matter who becomes president. Plans have already been set so that there is no change in people’s livelihood,” she added.
Relations between the US and Iran have been sour since the 1979 Islamic revolution. However, from 2017 to 2021, during the first term of President Donald Trump, tensions peaked between the two countries.
