Mehdi Mehdavi-Azad said on the program “Cheshmandaz” that the recent messages from Donald Trump and the intensification of economic pressures should be assessed within the framework of efforts to increase internal pressure on the Islamic Republic.

He said the current U.S. policy is no longer just about changing the behavior of the Islamic Republic, but about increasing pressure to the point where the grounds for protests and a popular uprising against the government are created, and the Islamic Republic is forced to submit.