Saudi Arabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said his country wanted good relations with Iran, in a sign that Riyadh is adapting its regional posture to fit the realities of the Biden era.
The administration of President Joe Biden would not accept Iran having a nuclear bomb and that Tehran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers was designed to prevent it.
An Iranian political scientist in Tehran says the Biden team is under pressure to return to JCPOA, but Iran needs to fix its relations with the US for its development.
While it is hard to track, Reuters says Iranian crude oil exports are rising as potential buyers are less afraid of the Biden administration in terms of thrid-party sanctions.
A top Iranian official has said Tehran expects full reciprocity from the Biden administration and all sanctions imposed in the Trump era must be reversed.
An Israeli newspaper reported that the government is revisiting its military plans to counter Iran amid uncertainty about the policies of the incoming Biden administration.