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Tehran and Tokyo can cooperate in different sectors, including energy, the environment, transportation, dam construction, culture and research, President Rouhani said.
An Iranian MP has questioned claims that non-implementation of JCPOA would cause Iran to suffer huge losses and said that sanctions are not to blame for all economic problems in Iran.
The Foreign Ministry spokeswomen dismissed any links between Iran's missile tests and JCPOA and said Iran's missile capabilities are totally independent of the nuclear deal.
The most important goal of such a complicated war is to manipulate the Iranian nation’s beliefs, the Leader said in a meeting with senior IRIB officials.
He said conclusion of JCPOA was because of the “guidance” and “prudence” of the Leader, the “resistance” of the Iranian nation and efforts by the country’s seasoned diplomats.
Iranian officials have gone to their Instagram pages to post their reactions to the adoption of the general outlines of the JCPOA implementation bill in a turbulent parliament session.
The charge d’affaires was asked to swiftly secure the release of a group of Iranian teachers who were detained despite their years of lawful service in an Iranian school there.
The Iranian parliament approved the JCPOA after some MPs took a jab at the foreign minister and the bill, and exchanged shouts and criticism at each other.
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani has said that Tehran and Riyadh can improve their ties and that disintegration of certain Middle Eastern countries is not a regional demand.
The opponents of the government in parliament are reportedly trying to use obstruction as a new tool to disrupt parliamentary proceedings for implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Iran's UN ambassador has said that Israel continues to block all international and regional efforts to create a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East.
Zarif cautioned that the fight against IS will not terminate in the near future and said a political process should start in line with efforts to end violence.