Iran’s former overseas minister and present vice chairman for strategic affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif, believes Iran shouldn’t view incoming US President Donald Trump as an insurmountable menace.
He acknowledged, “We’re a lot greater than that. Iran is a robust nation. We proved to the world that we aren’t a simple goal.”
In an unique interview with Jamaran information web site, Zarif mentioned numerous matters, together with the explosion of pagers in Lebanon, his relationship with the late Common Qassem Soleimani, and the protests in opposition to his presence within the administration of President Massoud Pezeshkian.
He famous that regardless of Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA nuclear deal in 2018, Iran didn’t collapse as he had anticipated.
Zarif identified that Trump’s financial strain on Iran aimed to isolate the nation and drive it to desert its nuclear program, however the US technique failed.
He added, “Trump thought the world would facet with the US after leaving the JCPOA, however that didn’t occur.”
Zarif talked about President Pezeshkian inherited a difficult scenario however managed to avoid wasting the nation from struggle with the assistance of the Iranian Chief.
He praised Pezeshkian’s dedication to unity and his efforts to handle financial points regardless of exterior pressures.