Rouhani: Iran will No Longer be called a World Threat

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The nuclear deal with world powers is a political victory for Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday, adding that the agreement meant Tehran would no longer be regarded as an international threat.

"No one can say Iran surrendered," Rouhani told a cabinet meeting broadcast on state television. "The deal is a legal, technical and political victory for Iran. It's an achievement that Iran won't be called a world threat anymore."

Iran and six world powers reached a deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could transform the Middle East.

Under the deal, sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union and the United Nations will be lifted.
"No deal is perfect. There should be always compromise," Rouhani said in his remarks to cabinet ministers.

"Our national interests make it imperative that we remove any and all reasonable concerns about Iran's peaceful nuclear program," he said, adding that Iran "is prepared to engage immediately in time-bound and result-oriented talks to build mutual confidence and the removal of mutual uncertainties with full transparency."

On the other hand, he said that the country's mastery of the technology had reached such an "industrial scale", and so could no longer be reversed. So the world should instead recognize Iran's basic right to carry out all parts of the nuclear fuel cycle.

"It was really difficult to preserve some of our red lines. There was a time we doubted there could be a deal. It's a historic deal and Iranians will be proud of it for generations to come."

Among Iran's main conditions, or "red lines", at the talks were a refusal to accept a long freeze on nuclear research and development and a demand for a rapid lifting of sanctions.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by a website team