Iran (IMNA) - Raeisi made the remarks on Wednesday morning, during a visit to the mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
He said even US officials themselves have admitted to the failure of the maximum pressure policy, which was initiated by former US president Donald Trump in 2018 and has been maintained under the new administration of Joe Biden.
“When the Americans officially acknowledge that they have failed in maximum pressure (policy), an ignominious failure, this a victory for the Iranian nation,” the Iranian president stated.
“Today, the nation’s maximum resistance to seditions and sanctions has borne fruit and the maximum pressure has failed,” he added.
Back in 2018, Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and re-imposed the anti-Iran sanctions that were lifted under the accord while piling on with new ones. He said he was adopting a “maximum pressure” policy to force Tehran to negotiate a new deal.
In spite of his fierce criticisms of the “failed maximum pressure” campaign pursued by his predecessor, Biden has not only kept all the sanctions imposed under Trump but has also added new ones as well.
For that reason, Tehran has continued to reject direct negotiations with the US in Vienna.
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