Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the elimination of prominent nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh before the inauguration of Joe Biden in case it jeopardizes any future sanctions relief, the top US envoy on Iran told Reuters on Thursday.
Elliott Abrams, Washington’s special representative on Iran and Venezuela, told the news agency that Tehran was “desperately” in need of sanctions relief from the United States and that would be a key calculation in their decision-making as President-elect Biden takes over from President Donald Trump on January 20.
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