Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has criticized the Biden administration over its Iran policy, vowing a stronger posture against the clerical regime.

DeSantis, presumed to be Donald Trump’s main competitor on the path to the 2024 Republican nomination, told Israel Hayom Thursday that the current administration is “more interested in kowtowing to Iran than standing by our allies,” describing US-Israel relationship under President Joe Biden as “disgraceful.”

“My view as president would be we're going to have a really strong US-Israel relationship,” said DeSantis, who announced his presidential bid in May and polls show that he currently has the best shot at beating Trump in the fight over his party's nomination.

Accusing the administration of prioritizing Iran over Israel, he said “You can't try to cozy up to them (Iranians). "So we would be supportive of Israel's predicament. And obviously, we would have a much stronger posture against Iran."

The Biden administration is reportedly discussing an unwritten deal with Iran to release money in exchange for limited concessions by Tehran.

“The whole Obama-Khamenei deal [2015 JCPOA nuclear agreement] was a total disaster and Biden is trying to resuscitate,” he said, highlighting that concessions to the Iranian regime means more money used to foment terrorism.

He vowed to squeeze the Islamic Republic so that the regime understands that pursuit of terrorism “is going to be bad for them economically, diplomatically, and potentially even militarily. “That is the way the only thing that the mullahs understand – strength," he underlined.

“Iran represents an existential threat to the State of Israel. Now they would love to wipe Israel off the map. They would love to wipe out America,” he added.