President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani expressed his hope for a normalization of relations between Iran and the USA and a return to negotiations, in a press conference on Wednesday. Rouhani was hopeful that the policies of President-elect Joe Biden would be an improvement on those of the outgoing president, Donald Trump. Read more: Under Joe Biden, US eyes Middle East policy overhaul He stated his optimism on the condition that the incoming US government would “clearly condemn Trump’s terrorist and anti-humanitarian policies and actions,” and “make up for the defective politics that the previous government carried out for four years.” An ‘easy’ problem to solve The Iranian president made it clear that if the US government showed itself willing, then “solving this problem will be very easy.” He suggested that the two countries could decide to roll back the past four years and return to the relationship they had developed by January 20, 2017 — the date Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States. The Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) tweeted a video of the conference and quoted the Iranian president saying: “Iran’s policy has been to meet obligations with obligations, actions with actions and… Read full this story
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