On Tuesday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was quoted by state media as saying that Tehran will not be able to ignore its arch enemy, the United States, and must “deal with its enemies with patience.”

Pezeshkian, who is seen as a relative moderate, said a week after Donald Trump won the US presidential elections, “Like it or not, we will have to deal with the United States on the regional and international arenas, so it is better to manage this relationship ourselves.”

He added, "We must deal with our friends with generosity and deal with our enemies with patience."

In 2018, Trump, then president, abandoned the nuclear agreement that Tehran had concluded with world powers in 2015 and reimposed harsh sanctions as part of a “maximum pressure” policy on Iran.

There have been no reports that the Trump administration intends to hold talks with Tehran after taking power in January, but Trump said during his election campaign, “I don’t want to harm Iran, but they can’t have nuclear weapons.”

Indirect talks began between Washington and Tehran to revive the nuclear agreement under the administration of US President Joe Biden, but they faltered. Iran is still officially part of the agreement, but has reduced its commitments due to the sanctions that the United States re-imposed on it.

Earlier today, Tuesday, government spokeswoman Fatima Mohajerani said that Iran will seek to achieve everything that achieves its “interests,” in response to a question about the possibility of holding direct talks with the Trump administration.

She cautioned that the final decision for the talks will be taken by Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei and the Supreme National Security Council.

Mohajerani said, “Trump’s maximum pressure campaign failed, even if it burdened people. What is important are actions, not words, but we recommend that Trump take the failure of his previous policies into account.”