Ali Motahari, deputy speaker of the tenth Islamic Republic Parliament, said he considers the likelihood of a U.S. deal with the Islamic Republic and Washington’s acceptance of many of Tehran’s demands to be greater than a military attack.

Motahari, in an interview with ISNA published on Monday, 4 Aban, said: “Given the problems America has, this probability is higher that in the end they will move toward an agreement and accept many of Iran’s conditions.”

He also predicted that U.S. President Donald Trump would not carry out an attack on Iran until the time of elections in that country, and he said the likelihood of an attack after the elections is also weak.