TEHRAN - A senior advisor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says US President Barack Obama's recent remarks about Iran's election show that he is under pressure from the Zionists.

 

In an exclusive interview with press tv on Tuesday night, Mojtaba Samareh-Hashemi said that Obama originally took a soft stance on the results of Iran's presidential election but then was forced by the Zionists and the US neoconservatives to make tough comments about Iran.

Hashemi, who ran Ahmadinejad's most recent presidential election campaign, stated that a president should be strong enough to follow his own principles.

Asked about the prospects for establishing any type of ties between Iran and the US, he noted that Iran's foreign policy is based on four main principles, namely, justice, respect for human dignity, compassion, and mutual respect, and any ties should comply with these standards.

He urged Obama to reconsider his stance on Iran in order to pave the way for positive interactions between the two countries.

Obama should take practical measures to manifest his commitment to change the policies he inherited from George W. Bush, which made the US anathema in the international arena, Hashemi added.