Tehran, YJC. President Rouhani has said that the trend of sanctions has met failure.
Iran’s
president Hassan Rouhani attended a news conference on Sunday morning to
address Iran’s nuclear deal with the West.
"It
is said in the agreement that starting today, all the UN, US, and EU sanctions
will be lifted,” asserted Rouhani, adding "which will take place step by step.”
The
president said "Others like it or not, the institution of sanctions will be
shattered with agreements, a process which began last night.”
He added
that some of the banking sanctions will be lifted with the accord signed last
night, and that the rest will not grow any further.
Pointing
to the six-month term of agreement, he said "These six months will be the start
for a new experience for the Iranian nation. If the other side closely adhere
to the agreement, Iran will do the same, the result of which will be to start
the final, comprehensive talks. The preliminary agreement concerned the nuclear
sphere. We are happy that after ten years, an agreement was made between Iran and
the great powers at such level, however preliminary and for a six-month term.”
He asserted
that the next talks can turn into a final step for agreements and maintained
that Iran is determined in pursuing the negotiations.
"The
nation of Iran is not looking for weapons. After the final agreement we will
not have anybody saying ‘we prevented Iran from gaining access to nuclear
weapons.’ That would be one of those hilarious, historic jokes. We have never
been after weapons,” he emphasized.
Rouhani
added that Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization will continue its uranium
enrichment as agreed.