Iran Says Will Never Change Regional Policies under any US President

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has reaffirmed the country’s “logical and quite transparent” policies, saying the Islamic Republic would never change its approaches to regional developments under any administration in the United States.

Qassemi made the remark in an interview with ISNA published on Friday in response to “incorrect and unfounded” claims made by US President Donald Trump against Iran in an interview on Tuesday with four members of The Wall Street Journal’s White House team in the Oval Office.

In his interview, Trump claimed that Iran is “not the same country” since he took office and after he “terminated” the landmark nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015.

Qassemi dismissed the US president’s claims and said, “It seems that Trump does not have necessary information about the conditions in the region, its history and characteristics of its peoples as well as the developments in the recent years.”

 “Iran is undoubtedly the same country with all its features. [It] is exactly the same country which has been before Trump’s presidency without any change in its regional policies,” he added.

The US president announced in May that Washington was pulling out of the nuclear agreement, which lifted nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran in exchange for restrictions on Tehran’s nuclear program.

A first round of American sanctions took effect in August, targeting Iran’s access to the US dollar, metals trading, coal, industrial software, and auto sector. A second round, forthcoming on November 4, will be targeting Iran’s energy sector and financial transactions.

Qassemi further noted that Trump must have learnt that Iran does not seek to take over any country and has not attacked any nation.

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