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At a time when the world awaits the final results of the US elections to learn the identity of the master of the White House, Iran is following these elections with much anticipation and caution.
Iranians view the results of the US presidential race with great caution and anticipation due to the possible impact of the results on their lives, especially economically, so some have come to compare Iran as the 51st state for its severe impact on what is happening in the United States.
In stark contradiction to the official Iranian narrative that no candidate’s victory has affected Tehran, prominent dailies are rushing to post what’s happening in the United States on their front pages, while their social media pages broadcast live updates from the results of the counting and classification processes.
“We have all become experts on the American electoral system, Michigan and Wisconsin,” a Tehran journalist told Prague-based Persian-language radio Farda.
And recently Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani echoed that Tehran is not interested in the victory of current President Donald Trump or his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.
Khamenei’s office even published a poster that merges the faces of Trump and Biden into a single image, confirming his view that US policy toward Iran will not change with the change of presidents.
In recent months, tensions between the two countries have escalated and came close to a military showdown, after the United States imposed tough sanctions on Iran and killed the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani.
In return, former Vice President Joe Biden pledged, if he wins the election, to return to the nuclear deal if Tehran fully complies with it again.
Washington’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal in 2018 and subsequent harsh economic sanctions paralyzed the Iranian economy and caused a massive drop in the value of the national currency.
Contrary to the views of Khamenei and Rouhani, many Iranian citizens and observers believe that the change in the United States could bring a different path to Iran.
They believe that Trump’s reelection will undoubtedly lead to the continuation of the “maximum pressure” campaign, which some believe points to an economic collapse that would force Tehran to change its foreign policy and make concessions regarding its nuclear program.
Many Iranians inside and outside the country want to continue this policy, believing that it will eventually lead to the end of the clerical regime in their country.
Yet a segment of Iranians, including those who hate the Tehran regime, support Biden, hoping that his presidency will reduce tension between Tehran and Washington and potentially ease some of the economic sanctions that have made their lives more difficult. difficult in recent years.
Many shed light on how fluctuations in voting results in the United States affected the dollar exchange rate, which has always been seen as an indicator of the state of the Iranian economy.
“When Trump’s votes increased, the value of the US dollar rose to 30,000 tomans, and when Biden’s vote rose, the dollar was quoted at 26,000,” says Iranian university professor Mohsen Hajj Mohammadi.
He adds that, “in terms of the impact of voting in the United States, Iran has become like the 51st state of the United States.”
