The Chief of Staff of President’s Office has said that recognition of Iran’s enrichment right and economic development opportunities [the result of the talks will provide the country with] are what Iran achieved in the Lausanne nuclear negations.

Mohammad Nahavandian said in his address to the worshipers in Tehran Friday prayers that the Supreme Leader’s nuclear decree played a pivotal role in resolving the lingering dispute.

“There was a time when the leaders of countries spoke about the existence of all options on the table, but today everyone speaks respectfully about the Leader’s decree which bans production of nuclear weapons,” he said.

He added that the same decree is the most important document on which they [Western nations] rely to make sure the Iranian nation abides by ethical values.

Nahavandian went on to say that the most important result of the last round of eight-day marathon nuclear talks in Lausanne for Iran was preserving the A-to-Z of the country’s nuclear cycle, adding that Iran is expected to seize the golden opportunities after the unjust economic sanctions against Iran are lifted.

He further said that the ill-wishers can no longer utter the antagonist remarks they used to say over the past 13 years.

From now on, no one in the world will have the right to tell the talented Iranian nuclear scientists to halt their scientific activities, Nahavandian said, adding that they cannot find faults with Iran’s producing nuclear fuel for its various reactors.

The Chief of Staff of the President’s Office then praised the Iranian nation for their exemplary resistance in the course of the past 13 years and Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei for his timely declaration of a policy of heroic flexibility.

Such a policy played a pivotal role in coming to terms with the stubborn Western states over Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, he added.

A senior Iranian cleric has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to a mutual understanding reached between Iran and P5+1 in Switzerland, warning the West against violation of its obligations as per the joint statement.

“Iran will abide by whatever it has agreed within this framework and will live up to its promise,” Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said in his sermon to worshippers at the weekly Friday Prayers in Tehran.

“But if you break your promise, so will Iran,” he added, addressing P5+1.

He said the joint statement issued by Iran and six powers in the Swiss city of Lausanne sets an “excellent and fundamental” general framework for further talks between them.

The senior cleric added that the statement showed that the West has recognized Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy, which the Western governments used to refuse to accept as Iran’s right.

Emami Kashani noted that the second important issue included in the statement is that the sanctions would be “lifted” instead of being simply “suspended.”

“They initially did not accept to remove the sanctions, but now they’ve accepted,” he said, adding that the ways the sanctions would be lifted depends on upcoming discussions for a final accord.

The top cleric further hailed great efforts made by the Iranian nuclear negotiating team led by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to reach mutual understanding with the six powers.

Following the end of eight days of intensive nuclear negotiations in Lausanne on Thursday, Iran and P5+1– the United States, France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany – issued a joint statement, saying that no Iranian nuclear facility will be shut down or suspended and all sanctions against the Islamic Republic will be lifted.

Less than 24 hours after Iran and P5+1 reached the mutual understanding over Tehran’s nuclear program, the US published a fact sheet detailing parameters for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The sheet, however, seems to have differences with the original joint statement.

While the agreed plan predicts a 10-year framework of action, the White House fact sheet says uranium enrichment at Iran’s Fordow facility would stop for at least 15 years.

Although Iran has reiterated that all sanctions have to be lifted simultaneously as soon as the final deal comes into force, the US version indicates that the architecture of nuclear-related sanctions will be retained for much of the duration of the deal.

The US fact sheet also says the bans will be also snapped back into place in the event of any non-performance. It adds that the UN Security Council could re-impose all previous sanctions in case the issue of non-performance cannot be resolved through negotiations.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has praised the Iranian people for their resistance and steadfastness during the course of the negotiations over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, saying that such conduct proved that the Iranian nation will not compromise on their interests.

“Through resistance and steadfastness, the people of Iran conveyed that they will never bow to pressure. The people of Iran show resistance in the face of pressures. One more thing is that Iranian people proved, as stated by Leader of the Islamic Revolution (Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei), that they favor wisdom, negotiations, dialogue and constructive proposals,” Zarif told reporters following marathon talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne, where Iran and the P5+1 group of countries adopted a joint statement on Thursday night.

“They are great people, who are ready to scrutinize and watch out closely all the attitudes and how they are treated. So, those who have not left a good record behind can seize the chance to correct their past mistakes,” he added.

Zarif said the final agreement over Iran’s nuclear program will be based on the interests and requirements of the Iranian people, stressing that the United Nations Security Council will endorse such an accord into practice.

The top Iranian diplomat also criticized the West for its approach against Iran over the past years.

“Iran has been the victim of many, many broken promises in the past. We want to be sure that if promises are broken again, we will be safe, and our national interests will not be forgotten or compromised. That is why we have put an elaborate mechanism that will not allow excuses to simply lead to a reversal of the system, but provide the necessary confidence to all participants that they can continue with the implementation of the deal,” Zarif said.

He hailed the mutual understanding reached between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany as “a major step forward.”

The Iranian foreign minister pointed out, “We have stopped a cycle that was not in the interests of anybody… I hope that at the end of this process, we will all show that through dialogue and engagement with dignity we can in fact resolve problems, open new horizons, and move forward.”

The top Iranian diplomat expressed hope that the final comprehensive deal over Iran’s nuclear program will be based on a win-win approach.

Mogherini remarks

Addressing a press conference in Lausanne, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said, “Today, we have taken a decisive step, we have reached parameters” for a comprehensive deal between Iran and the P5+1.

“The political determination, the goodwill of all parties made it possible,” said Mogherini who is the EU’s high representative in the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1.

“This is a crucial decision laying the agreed basis for the final text of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. We can now start drafting the text and annexes,” she said.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the mutual nuclear understanding, saying it will pave the way for bolstering peace and stability in the Middle East.

“A comprehensive, negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear issue will contribute to peace and stability in the region and enable all countries to cooperate urgently to deal with the many serious security challenges they face,” Ban said in a statement.

US

US President Barack Obama called the agreement a “historic understanding” that “meets our core objectives.”

US Secretary of State John Kerry also defended the deal, saying, “Simply demanding that Iran capitulate makes a nice sound bite, but it is not a policy, it is not a realistic plan.”

Calling the understanding reached a “solid foundation” for a future deal, he added that “many technical details” still must be ironed out.

Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Obama about the agreement. Both leaders “hailed the results of the negotiations” with Iran, said her spokesman Christiane Wirtz.

Separately, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called the framework agreement a “big, decisive step forward,” which could “overcome obstacles that stood in the way of a deal for a decade.”

“If a final agreement is achieved, it could in my view not only pave the way for a solution to the Iran conflict, but it would be the first and only conflict in the Middle East where we will have achieved a de-escalation,” Steinmeier said in a statement.

Russia

The Russian Foreign Ministry also hailed the achievement of the understanding, saying it recognizes the Islamic Republic’s “unconditional right” to pursue its civilian nuclear program.

“This deal contains the principal put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which is Iran’s unconditional right to a peaceful nuclear program,” the Russian ministry said in a statement.

France

French President Francois Hollande hailed the efforts made by the negotiators to reach the understanding.

“The president of the Republic… hails the work achieved by the foreign ministers and their commitment throughout the process as well as the bases of the accord that have been found,” Hollande’s office said in statement.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius also welcomed the agreement as “positive,” saying “there is still work to do.”

“Now, possibly, we are at the start of a new process. We’re trying to proceed but we’re not yet at the end of the road,” Fabius told French television.

UK

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond also welcomed the agreement, saying that it is “a good basis for what I believe could be a very good deal.”

He went on to say that the mutual understanding was “well beyond what many of us thought possible even 18 months ago,” adding that much work remained to be done.

“We have agreed the key parameters of a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear program” after days of “extremely tough” talks, Hammond stated.

Jordan

Jordan, which chairs the UN Security Council this month, called the announcement of the agreement “good news.”

“We hope it will open up other situations in our region,” said Jordan’s Ambassador to the UN Dina Kawar.