US secretary of State Mike Pompeo called election under Islamic Republic a ‘’Joke’’ as Iranian officials across the political spectrum have reacted differently after Joe Biden was projected as the winner of the presidential election in the United States.
“You’ve personally stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from your people. Your elections are a joke, with hundreds of candidates disqualified from even running. Today, your people starve because you spend billions on proxy wars to protect your kleptocracy,” Pompeo tweeted.
The Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s English-language Twitter account reposted a section of a speech made last week in which he called the US elections a “spectacle”.
“This is an example of the ugly face of liberal democracy in the US,” the tweet read. “Regardless of the outcome, one thing is absolutely clear: the definite political, civil, and moral decline of the US regime.”
According to state media, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Biden should change the US policies towards Iran.
He said the Biden victory is “an opportunity for the next US government to make up for past mistakes and return to the path of adhering to international commitments with respect to global rules”.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted his hopes that the new administration would “accept multilateralism, cooperation & respect for law.”
US Department of State Special Representative for Iran, Elliott Abrams reacted to Khamenei’s tweet and said that the agenda of Islamic Republic leader is not Iran.
“For decades, Khamenei has shown that his agenda is not Iran and the Iranian people. Today’s generation of young Iranians cannot take it anymore. They want to have an opportunity for a better future. The only thing that stands between them and the free world is this regime.” Abrams said in a tweet.
