Iran’s foreign minister has said what the sanctions did was to create an atmosphere among the Iranians that the US doesn’t want to treat them well and the US is trying to put pressure on them.
An overseas-based Iranian university professor has said in an opinion piece that the tentative nuclear agreement comes with consequences which should be thoroughly thought through by parties involved.
Foreign Minister Zarif has said that Iran as the chair-state of the Non-Aligned Movement is ready to cooperate with Austria on global nuclear disarmament.
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani has said that Iran is not a thorn in the side of other countries; rather, it ensures, beefs up and maintains security in the region.
The Iranian foreign minister has said that the US should explain its domestic disputes and the impact they are likely to have on the implementation of the nuclear agreement with Iran.
Iran’s Ali Akbar Velayati has said that the nation remains united on political issues, rejecting an illusion that discord may emerge between the Iranian people and the three branches of government.
Hossein Mousavian, a former nuclear negotiator, has said that a strategy of regime change has been the mainstay of the West’s pressures and threats against Iran over the past few decades.
The Iranian president has rejected differentiation between good and bad terrorism, saying that we need to identify and eliminate the elements that help terrorists lure the youth.
Lavrov hailed a mutual understanding reached between Tehran and P5+1 in Lausanne, saying it could result in a final deal and consequently the lifting of all anti-Iran sanctions.
An Iranian deputy foreign minister has said conclusion of a nuclear deal is not easy, adding continued talks on remaining issues will be very complicated.
If nuclear talks continued based on diplomatic principles and mutual respect, they would bear fruit earlier, said Rafsanjani in a meeting with the Italian ambassador to Iran.
If the Zionist regime, certain Arab governments and the US Congress stop creating obstacles in the coming two months, a comprehensive deal will be clinched, Jahangiri said.
Visits to a military base by foreign inspectors would mean the occupation of our land; even talking about the subject means national humiliation, said Brigadier General Salami.
The US started talking about ‘phased sanctions’ whereas there is no mention of ‘suspension’ or ‘phase’ in the Lausanne statement, said Zarif in an interview with Euronews.
Hamid Zangeneh, an economics professor, says that a nuclear deal with P5+1is likely to raise people’s expectations that all problems can be solved overnight.
