Foreign Ministry warns against partisan approach toward foreign policy

Tehran rejects rumors of contact with Biden camp

TEHRAN — The Foreign Ministry has dismissed speculation that it was in contact with the Biden team before or after the U.S. presidential election, saying Iran will not be in contact with anyone outside of issues completely related to the nuclear deal, also referred to as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

By Mohammad Homaeefar

Iran to neighbors: 'We'll remain here forever'

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has advised neighboring countries not to bet on outsiders to provide their security, underlining that Iran is ready to cooperate with them to build a better future for all.

By Javad Heirannia

Biden will follow Obama’s legacy towards Iran: ex-French Foreign Ministry official 

TEHRAN - Marc Finaud, the former French Foreign Ministry spokesman, predicts that the incoming Joe Biden administration will “follow Barack Obama’s legacy based on policy change and not regime change towards Iran.” 

By Mohammad Homaeefar

Tehran celebrates Trump’s fall

TEHRAN – Iranian officials have been celebrating U.S. President Donald Trump’s downfall in the presidential election without rejoicing over Joe Biden’s victory, indicating that while Tehran is happy with the defeat of the “maximum pressure” guy, it remains distrustful of the U.S. foreign policy even under a new Democratic leadership.

Tehran says Biden must compensate for Trump’s wrongdoings

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says Tehran has provided a list of the wrongdoings made by the Trump administration against Iran that the new U.S. president must compensate.

Zarif urges new U.S. leaders to change tack on Iran

TEHRAN – In his first reaction to the victory of Joe Biden in the United States presidential election, Iran’s chief diplomat urged the new leadership in the U.S. to try a different policy toward Iran.

By Payman Yazdani

Nothing in Trump's DNA that compels him to accept defeat

TEHRAN – Stating that Donald Trump won't be a gracious loser, Political scientist said that there is nothing in Trump's DNA that compels him to accept defeat at any place and at any time.

By Payman Yazdani

Implications of Trump's legacy for US, intl. community

TEHRAN – Trump's ascent to the White House and his possible premature departure from it, both results of engineered elections, have had and will continue to have consequences for the US and the international community.

Rouhani urges Biden to make up for Trump’s ‘destructive policies’

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday urged the incoming administration of Joe Biden to make up for the mistakes of Donald Trump, and return the United States to international laws and treaties.

Biden wins 2020 presidential election

Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States, after a victory in the state where he was born put him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win.

Araghchi says Iran’s principled policies won’t change by U.S. election

TEHRAN — Iran’s principled policies, which are based on countering dominance, will not be influenced by the U.S. election, says Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

U.S. should reconsider its Iran policy: MP

TEHRAN- Esmail Hossein Zehi, an Iranian lawmaker, has urged the United States to reconsider its policy toward Iran.

By Professor Mahmood Monshipouri

Upending Trump’s tumultuous legacy

Trump’s legacy and his failed policies, including failure to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, were on ballot in the recent U.S. presidential election.

No difference between Trump and Biden: aide

TEHRAN - Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the special aide to the speaker of the Iranian Parliament on international affairs, said on Wednesday that the election of Donald Trump or his Democratic rival Joe Biden is not very important to Iran.

Rouhani says U.S. policies important, not who runs White House

TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani says it doesn't matter who becomes the president of the United States, noting what matters is that the U.S. returns to all its international and multilateral commitments.

Zarif: No difference between Trump, Biden but Biden's words are 'more promising'

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said the statements by Joe Biden with regard to Iran have been more promising than those of the incumbent Donald Trump.

By ​ Payman Yazdani ​

Risk of US election aftermath violence can't be discounted: Entessar

TEHRAN– Political scientist says American society is heavily armed and gun sales have skyrocketed in recent weeks, so the possibility of violence in the aftermath of US election can not be discounted.

By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan

Large-scale protests after US election possible: Hunter

TEHRAN – Stating that the likelihood of large scale protests after US election is more than any of previous years, Shireen Hunter said that it reflects the deepening of many divisions, economic, culture, and racial in the US.

Leader: No change in Iran’s policy with change of president in U.S.

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on Tuesday that Iran’s policy toward the United States will not undergo changes with a change of president in the White House.

RUSI analyzes scenarios in case Trump or Biden wins presidency in regard to Iran

TEHRAN - In a commentary on October 30, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) envisions possible scenarios in relations between Iran and the U.S. in case Donald Trump is reelected or Joe Biden wins the presidency.

By M.A. Saki

Trump: An unscrupulous president and candidate

Americans will reelect either Donald Trump or his Democratic rival Joe Biden on Tuesday, November 3.

Gear up, storm is coming 

Police bracing for potential unrest in days before and after Nov. 3 elections

Activist groups across the United State are already planning potential protests and demonstrations before after Election Day, anticipating foul play at the polls or in the ballot counting room. 

It’s the U.S. which has no option other than returning to negotiations with Iran: official  

TEHRAN – The chief of the Presidential Strategic Research Center has said it is the United States that has no option other than renter the negotiations with Iran.

​​​​​​​Democrats and Republicans just differ in strategy, says former Iranian diplomat

​​​​​TEHRAN - Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator and a Princeton University research scholar, says the Democrats and Republicans are unanimous in advancing their country’s interests but they differ greatly in strategies.

Trump predicts Biden will be assassinated just weeks into his presidency

Campaigning at one of his Super-spreader Covidpalooza rallies in Lansing, Michigan, Donald Trump gleefully predicted that Joe Biden will be assassinated.

By Javad Heirannia

Expanding JCPOA on other issues not productive: ex-UK ambassador to IAEA

TEHRAN – Peter Jenkins, the former UK ambassador to the IAEA, says Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden seems to be setting out a very ambitious agenda for negotiations with Iran if he wins the November 3 presidential elections which will not be productive.