Published 18:48 IST, November 8th 2020
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani hopes for better ties with Joe Biden's administration
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said that America has an opportunity to compensate for the previous administrative mistakes following Biden's win
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said that America has an opportunity to compensate for previous ministrative mistakes after Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden was declared winner of presidential election by several US media outlets. Rouhani hoped that future US ministration learns from "mistakes" and returns all its obligations in herence to international law.
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Rouhani, in a statement that was published on his official website, also appreciated Iranian people's resistance to "ecomic terrorism of White House rulers", referring to incumbent Donald Trump, who h reimposed tough sanctions on Iran during his four-year term. Trump also oversaw unilateral withdrawal of United States from Iran nuclear deal in 2015, which was signed during Obama era between Tehran, Washington, and or major powers of world.
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Biden, during his presidential campaign, h hinted of returning to 2015 nuclear deal and reinstating diplomatic relations with Iran. Meanwhile, Iran's supreme leer Ayatollah Ali Khamenei h earlier said that relations with Washington will t change regardless of who wins presidential election.
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US elections 2020
Biden surpassed magic 270 mark last night, needed to win presidential election in United States. Biden's victory was assured after he won key swing state of Pennsylvania, which offers 20 electoral votes to leing candidate. Meanwhile, Trump campaign has challenged counting in several states by filing a series of lawsuits. Donald Trump has accused poll officials of "cheating" and "fraud" as y continued counting ballots that arrived after 8 p.m. on final voting day.
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18:48 IST, November 8th 2020