Economics
Iran Knows It Can't Bet on Trump 2020 Defeat as Sanctions Bite
- Zarif cites Mexico, North Korea as examples of how Trump works
- ‘We did not leave the negotiating table,’ minister says
Mohammad Javad Zarif
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As Iran weighs the merits of talks with the U.S. and tensions remain high in the Persian Gulf, the Islamic Republic’s leadership is preparing for a second Donald Trump term and mindful of how two key countries fared in high-stakes negotiations with him: Mexico and North Korea.
“There is a better than 50% chance that he might still be in office, so we will need to deal with him for another six years,” Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif said Wednesday in a television interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait.