TEHRAN: Iran鈥檚 President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said the next US administration has an opportunity to 鈥渃ompensate for its previous mistakes鈥� following Joe Biden鈥檚 victory in the presidential election.
鈥淣ow there is an opportunity for the future American administration to compensate for its previous mistakes and return to the path of adherence to international commitments,鈥� Rouhani said, in a statement on his official website.
US President Donald Trump, who lost Tuesday鈥檚 election to Democratic challenger Biden, has applied a 鈥渕aximum pressure鈥� policy and crippling sanctions against Iran since his 2018 withdrawal from a landmark nuclear agreement with Tehran.
The reimposed sanctions targeted Iran鈥檚 vital oil industry and banking ties, among other sectors.
This US 鈥渁dministration鈥檚 harmful and wrong policy for the past three years was not only condemned by people all around the world, but was also opposed by the people of (the US) in the recent election,鈥� Rouhani said.
He added that the Iranian people鈥檚 鈥渉eroic resistance against the imposed economic war鈥� by the Trump administration 鈥減roved that America鈥檚 maximum pressure policy is doomed to fail.鈥�
Iran鈥檚 supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that the US election result would have 鈥渘o effect鈥� on Tehran鈥檚 policies toward Washington.
Biden has said during his campaign that he plans to embark on a 鈥渃redible path to return to diplomacy鈥� with Iran, and raised the possibility of returning to the 2015 nuclear deal, negotiated when he was vice president under Barack Obama.