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The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warmly welcomed the historic agreement in Vienna and congratulated the P5+1 and Iran for reaching the agreement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini read out a joint statement after conclusion of the nuclear talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany).
After 20 days of intense negotiations, Iran and P5+1 have eventually struck a deal over the former's nuclear program.
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President Rouhani said in his Tweet that an Iran deal would mean the “victory of diplomacy and mutual respect over outdated paradigm of exclusion and coercion”.
Sadegh Zibakalam, a political analyst, has said that a nuclear deal is sure to be clinched between Iran and P5+1 and it will be welcomed by the silent majority in Iran and the United States.
His comments could either be indicative of real progress in the talks or be an effort on his part to burnish his poor track record in the negotiations.
The resistance of the negotiating team against the excessive demands of the arrogant powers, headed by the US, is a source of honor and appreciable, a statement by MPs read.
Russia views Iran as a main market for its arms sales and for the very reason, it pays special attention to the lifting of the arms embargo against Iran, said Amir Ahmadian.
Prof. Mojtahedzadeh, an expert in international affairs, says that Iran and P5+1 will not agree that the talks have failed, because a breakdown in talks will translate into the failure of the policies of the two sides, especially the US.
Iran has acted so skillfully that if the negotiations failed, the world would accept that Iran has been in favor of reason and dialog and has never left the negotiating table, said President Rouhani.
The arrested criminals have confessed that they planned to carry out terrorist attacks in the Iranian cities of Zahedan, Kerman and Bam, said Brigadier General Ghasem Rezaei.
President Rouhani’s cultural advisor has said that others, not Iran, should make their hard choices, bring down the curtain on anti-Iran sanctions and use respectful language when speaking to Iranians.
Ahmad Tavakoli, a principlist MP, has said that the nation and Supreme Leader have supported the nuclear team and that Iran’s representatives in nuclear talks are the winners irrespective of the outcome of the talks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday made clear nuclear talks would continue as 'long as possible' to hammer out a final nuclear accord.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have exchanged views on ways to broaden bilateral cooperation in the fields of military technology and nuclear power, a Russian official says.