Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei said that his country's policy is clear and deliberate and will not change with the change of US presidents, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed that his country will not negotiate with the next US president on the nuclear deal.
During a speech marking the birth of the Prophet today, Tuesday, Khamenei said that the result of the US presidential elections will not affect Tehran's policy, adding, "Our policy towards the United States is clearly defined and does not change with the change of individuals, we do not care who comes and who goes."
And Khamenei added that the United States is the one who established terrorist groups in the region, and the responsibility for spreading extremism rests with it, as he put it.
And he considered that some countries in the region that support extremist groups - including Saudi Arabia - bear part of this responsibility.
Khamenei condemned the publication of insulting images of the Messenger in France, stressing that this is not the first time that the French government has offended Islamic symbols, considering that the wave of Islamic condemnation shows that the Islamic peoples are vigilant.
Zarif had stated that his country would not negotiate with the next US president on the nuclear deal, adding that a new way of dealing could be found, and that this meant Washington’s return to the negotiating table and not the launch of new negotiations.
Zarif also stressed that the US sanctions had harmed Iran, but it could not bring it to its knees, and Washington did not achieve its goal of changing the Iranian regime.
Relations between Tehran and Washington have been greatly strained during the era of US President Donald Trump after his withdrawal from the nuclear deal and the assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, while polling stations in the United States open their doors today to resolve the race between Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.
Zahra Khwarizmi, a professor of American studies at Tehran University, said that Biden wanted to show his difference from Trump, and that he had his own approach, but she questioned the possibility of changing Washington's policies because of the ruling lobbies there.
As for the Iranian economist, Saeed Laylaz, he told Al-Jazeera correspondent that Biden's arrival will have a psychological effect more than a realistic one, expressing his lack of optimism in the event that Biden succeeds in lifting the sanctions soon.