Iran could be open to fresh U.S. talks.
Iran has not ruled out negotiations with the United States, even after an American drone strike that killed a top general.
The country's foreign minister, Mohammed Javad Zarif told Germany's Der Spiegel magazine that he would "never rule out the possibility that people will change their approach and recognise the realities", in an interview conducted in Tehran.
There has been growing tension between Washington and Tehran since 2018 when President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the nuclear deal with Iran.
The US has since reimposed tough sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.
But Mr Zarif suggested Iran was still willing to talk, though reiterated his country's previous demand that first the US would have to lift sanctions.
"For us, it doesn't matter who is sitting in the White House, what matters is how they behave," he said, according to Der Spiegel.
"The Trump administration can correct its past, lift the sanctions and come back to the negotiating table. We're still at the negotiating table. They're the ones who left."
President Trump has maintained that the 2015 nuclear deal needs to be renegotiated because it did not address Iran's ballistic missile programme or its involvement in regional conflicts.
The other signatories to the nuclear deal - Germany, France, Britain, China and Russia - have been struggling to keep it alive.
Following the US drone strike on January 3 which killed Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, Iran announced it would no longer abide by any of the deal's limitations to its enrichment activities.
It then retaliated on January 8, launching ballistic missiles at two bases in Iraq housing American troops, causing injuries but no fatalities among soldiers there.
Mr Zarif did suggest Iran was also still prepared for conflict with the US, though was not specific.
"The US has inflicted great harm on the Iranian people," he said.
"The day will come when they will have to compensate for that. We have a lot of patience."
Published: by Radio NewsHub