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Tehran, Iran Figures from across the Iranian political spectrum have reacted differently after Joe Biden was projected as the winner of the US presidential election.
Shortly after major US media reported on Biden’s victory, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s English Twitter account republished a segment of a speech delivered last week calling the US election a “show”.
“This is an example of the ugly face of liberal democracy in America,” the tweet read. “Regardless of the outcome, one thing is absolutely clear: the ultimate political, civil, and moral decline of the US regime.”
The situation in the United States and what they themselves say about their elections is a spectacle! This is an example of the ugly face of liberal democracy in America. Regardless of the outcome, one thing is absolutely clear, the ultimate political, civil, and moral decline of the United States regime.
– Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) November 7, 2020
President Hassan Rouhani, quoted by state media on Sunday, said that Biden should amend President Donald Trump’s policies toward Iran.
He said that Biden’s victory is “an opportunity for the next US administration to make up for past mistakes and get back on track to adhere to international commitments regarding global rules.”
He said that by resisting the “economic war imposed” by the United States, the Iranian people have shown that the United States’ “maximum pressure” campaign has been defeated.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted his hopes that the new administration would “accept multilateralism, cooperation and respect for the law” and said, saying goodbye, that Iran’s record has been one of “dignity, interest and responsible diplomacy “.
The American people have spoken.
And the world is watching whether the new leaders will abandon the disastrous illegal harassment of the outgoing regime and embrace multilateralism, cooperation and respect for the law.
Facts matter more
Iran’s Record: Dignity, Interest, and Responsible Diplomacy.
– Javad Zarif (@JZarif) November 8, 2020
First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said the era of Trump and his “adventurous and warmongering team” has come to an end, and that Iran would not forget the “maximum pressure” campaign of economic sanctions and the assassination of Senior General Qassem Soleimani.
“I hope that we will witness a change in the destructive policies of the United States and a return to the law, international commitments and respect for nations,” Jahangiri wrote in a tweet.
Trump withdrew from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, which curbed Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, and unilaterally reimposed tough sanctions on Iran.
He also ordered the assassination of Soleimani in Iraq via a drone strike, for which Iran has promised “harsh revenge.”
Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said the end of Trump’s presidency was a “fated verdict in history.”
End #TriumphNot surprisingly, the verdict is destined for history. most people #America The recording of all failures of thought, which considered bullying and coercion as the solution to problems, was rejected. Does the elected government understand that under the white frame of their photo in the White House, instead of the words of the 45th president, they should write: “A lesson for the future”?
– علی شمخانی (@alishamkhani_ir) November 8, 2020
[Translation: The end of #Trump is not a surprise, it is the predestined verdict of history. Most people of #America rejected the record of all the failure of thinking that bullying was the solution to problems. Does the elected government understand that under the white frame of his picture in the White House, instead of the words “the forty-fifth president”, he should write: “A lesson for the future”]
The Speaker of Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, published a verse from the Koran and a short video of part of a speech by Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of the Iranian-backed Lebanese political party and the armed group Hezbollah.
In the video, Nasrallah predicted that Trump would lose the election and that he is losing the Middle East region.
“When the United States leaves our region, these Zionists will pack up and go. We may not even have to fight a battle against Israel, ”he said.
‘Trump is gone’ vs ‘US imperialism remains’
Hamid Baeidinejad, the Iranian ambassador to the UK, said the political life of a man “who only spreads hatred” has “come to an end”.
“Trump couldn’t make Iran surrender and now his [political] life came to an end while wishing to receive a phone call from Iran, “he wrote on Twitter.
Finally, the political life of a man who only spreads hatred is over.
Trump failed to deliver Iran, and now his life is over with yearning for a call from Iran. pic.twitter.com/8VZkNC8LF7– Hamid Baeidinejad (@baeidinejad) November 7, 2020
Baeidinejad also attached a meme based on a famous photo from 1979, days before the revolution that gave rise to the Islamic Republic. The original photo showed two men on bicycles, one of whom was holding a newspaper with the headline: “The shah is gone.” The headline of the meme changed to: “Trump is gone.”
Culture Minister Abbas Salehi said Trump had left while Iran remains standing.
“Tomorrow and other days will also be the same!” he said in a tweet.
Hesameddin Ashena, an adviser to President Hassan Rouhani, tweeted that Iran refused to give in to pressure from the United States, and Biden should learn from that.
“The Iranians stood their ground until that cowardly man left,” he wrote.
But some members of parliament, which had formed with a conservative majority after the February elections with little turnout, expressed skepticism that a Biden presidency is much better for Iran.
“Apparently the world has gotten rid of Trump, but the evil of US imperialism remains,” Tehran representative Nezameddin Mousavi wrote on Twitter.
He said that Trump, whom he described as a “poisonous zombie,” was a product of the American system and that “zombies are still alive.”
Member of Parliament Ali Akbar Alizadeh said on Twitter that differentiating Trump and Biden at best stems from “naivety and a lack of correct understanding of the fundamentals of US foreign policy on Iran.”
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