Interesting indeed. While true that Iranian leaders generally see little difference between U.S. politicians, this comment (and others in the piece) could be an attempt to lay the groundwork to try and press a Biden administration into providing "more" as part of a return. 1/ https://twitter.com/JasonMBrodsky/status/1321398053300031488

Or at least make a Biden administration think that is what Iran plans to do. I remain skeptical that the calls by Iranian officials for compensation are firm/serious demands. There's also an easy way for a Biden administration to test that: Offer the clean return. 2/

Also, the comments by the Iranian official here about waiting until after the Iranian election before any talks with the U.S.: It is unclear if that is a reference to returning to the JCPOA, or engaging on other issues/a new deal (I suspect the latter). 3/

Finally, I think this piece makes a bit too much out of the "complexities" to a US return: Compensation? Testable. Removing Trump's sanctions? Doable. Time needed for Iran to come back into compliance? Not a hurdle. We've worked those sequencing issues before. 4/4