NOURNEWS - On Monday, Majid Taheri, an Iranian doctor who was imprisoned on the pretext of circumventing sanctions in the United States, returned to the country after exchanging with American citizen Michael Ray White.
Michael White's release and exchange with Majid Taheri led US officials that were under intense domestic and international pressure from addressing various issues, to seize the opportunity and magnify this event as a great victory for Trump, to re-discuss the negotiations with Iran.
Michael White, who arrived in Iran in 1997, was convicted of security offenses as well as a private complaint and was held in custody. He was on leave after the Coronavirus outbreak and was staying at the Swiss embassy as a guardian of US interests, He was pardoned after serving more than a third of his sentence, as well as the consent of the private plaintiff, the preparations for his release were made
Following his release, Trump thanked Iraninan officials on his Twitter account for Michael White's release, stating that it showed that an agreement with Iran was possible.
This reaction practically showed that Trump, after the failure of the hostile strategy of "maximum pressure" against the strategy of "active resistance" of Iran, while re-raising the issue of "negotiation", with a deceptive approach seeks to create a space to cover up his negligence and hostility towards the Iranian people, and change the playing field in their favor and somehow guarantee his victory in the 2020 elections.
However, in this case, the issue of negotiation has not been raised at all, and the process of exchange has taken place in the form of indirect pursuit through the protection of interests.
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