29 May, 2017
Iranians took to the polls and overwhelmingly voted to re-elect incumbent and so-called moderate Hassan Rouhani in last week's presidential election.
The nuclear agreement Mr Rouhani's government reached with global powers in 2015, under which most worldwide sanctions have been lifted in return for Iran curbing its nuclear programme, is likely to remain safe.
Rouhani broke the taboo of holding direct talks with the United States and reached the deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in return for relief from economic sanctions.
"On the intensified anti-Iran rhetoric of USA officials, the chief executive said Washington has never benefitted from employing a hostile approach toward the Islamic Republic".
Rouhani on Monday hailed the trilateral efforts by Russia, Turkey and Iran to establish "cease-fire" in Syria and stressed that militarization would not settle the problems of the Arab state, Xinhua news agency reported.
United States arms deals for Iran's Sunni foes help bolster the case of Rouhani's hardline opponents, who say any detente with the West is unsafe folly.
"The issue of terrorism can not be solved through giving money to superpowers", Rouhani said.
Rouhani decisively won a presidential election Friday, securing another four-year term. "They should have polling stations in place for the people and let the rulers not be on a hereditary basis".
Indeed, rather than vote for either candidate, many Iranians boycotted the sham elections.
Iranian leaders were aware that if Ebrahim Raisi was elected president, tensions would have escalated with the West, the nuclear deal would likely have fallen apart, and possibly UN Security Council sanctions would have been re-imposed.
Trump repeatedly has criticized Iran in speeches on his first foreign trip. He also signed the deal freezing Iranian work on nuclear weapons for ten years, and he clearly has popular support for his policies. It was Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Russian Federation. "We expect Iran to behave responsibly. not to support terror", said his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel.
"The problem is that the Americans do not know our region and those who advise USA officials are misleading them".
Both Republicans and Democrats have been clamouring for a response to Iran's ballistic missiles development and other activities.
Shahriar Kia, a human rights activist and political analyst, wrote an op-ed for Practical Policking, in which he assessed that far from uniting the country the result of the Iranian Elections, only caused further cracks in the façade of democracy.
Rouhani added: "Our missiles are for peace, not for attack". If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
