Iran's Zarif urges Trump to stick to nuclear deal

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged Donald Trump to stick to the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal which saw sanctions against the country lifted.

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Trump had vowed to tear up the deal if elected during his campaign, prompting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to say that he would happily burn the agreement if Trump did so.

But some in Tehran said they were hopeful that Trump as president would act differently to Trump the candidate, with some analysts suggesting that Tehran actually favoured him because they believed he would be easier to deal with than Clinton.

Writing for Middle East Eye, analyst Mahan Abedin said: "In reality, the current geopolitical dynamics make the staunchly nationalist and isolationist Donald Trump the clear choice for Iranian leaders.

"At an ideological level, the Islamic Republic has no issues with a nationalist USA enjoying its own culture. Instead, it is America’s overbearing foreign policy and specifically its over-reach and shameless double standards in the Middle East, which inform Iranian anti-Americanism."