Donald Trump Wins Presidential Election, Iran: US Election Is Not Our Business

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JAKARTA - Iran does not care about the results of the United States presidential election, after Donald Trump is predicted to outperform his rival Kamala Harris in the election held on Tuesday.

Trump, a Republican candidate paired with JD Vance, is projected to beat Harris who is paired with Republican Walz Team.

Trump is predicted to have more than 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency, out of a total of 538 electoral votes contested in 50 states and the District of Columbia.

As of Wednesday 6.30 am ET, Trump outperformed Harris according to a number of calculations regarding the vote acquisition in the 2024 US Presidential Election.

ABC News put Trump ahead with 279 electoral votes over Harris who won 223 electoral votes.

CBS News 275-222 for Trump, NBC News 276-222 for Trump, FOX News 277-226 for Trump, CNN 276-222 for Trump, AP 277-224 for Trump, Edison Research 279-224 for Trump and Decision Desk 286-226 for Trump.

In Tehran, government spokesman Fatemeh Mohajerani said Iranians' livelihoods would not be affected by the US elections.

Arab and Western officials told Reuters Trump might reimpose "maximum pressure policy" through higher sanctions against Iran's oil industry, giving Israel the authority to attack its nuclear site and carry out killings.

"The US election is none of our business. Our policy is stable and unchanged based on individuals. We have made the necessary predictions before and there will be no changes in people's livelihoods," said Mohajerani, according to Tasnim's semi-official news agency.

Meanwhile, the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) did not directly react to claims of Trump's electoral victory, but said Tehran and armed groups of its allies in the region were ready to confront Israel.

"Zionists don't have the power to confront us and they have to wait for our response. Our depot has enough weapons for that," said IRGV Deputy Chief Ali Fadavi on Wednesday.

He added that Tehran did not rule out possible US-Israeli preliminary attacks to prevent it from taking revenge against Israel.

In his first term of office, Trump reimposed sanctions on Iran after he withdrew from the 2015 nuclear pact between Iran and the world's major countries that have restricted Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for economic gain.

The re-imposition of US sanctions in 2018 resulted in Iran's oil exports, cutting government revenues and forcing it to take unpopular measures, such as raising taxes and running a large budget deficit, a policy that has made annual inflation close to 40 percent.