The Government of Iran reacted this Wednesday to Donald Trump’s victory in the United States elections.
Iran has downplayed the importance of this electoral victory, while the rial (Iranian currency) fell to historic lows and some celebrated the Republican’s victory in Tehran.
The first official reaction from the Iranian authorities came from government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani, who said that “the election of the president of the United States has no clear relationship with us.”
Mohajerani assured that “the general policies of the United States and Iran are fixed policies,” in an apparent reference to decades of tensions between Tehran and Washington, dating back to the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
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“There will be no changes in the standard of living of the people and it does not matter much who becomes president” of the United States,” he stressed in a press conference.
However, currency exchanges reacted negatively to Trump’s victory and the rial It fell to historic lows during the morning.
Thus, it was exchanged at 710,000 rials per dollar, its lowest historical value on the free market. according to the Bonbast website and confirmed prices in exchange offices in Tehran.
Shortly afterwards it recovered slightly, but continues to have figures below those of previous weeks.
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