Rouhani: Hails Iran Achievement, Congrats Leader on Nuclear Deal

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President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sheikh Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that Iran is going to continue enrichment activities, adding that sanctions against the country were starting to crumble.

"Iran's right to uranium enrichment on its soil was accepted in this nuclear deal by world powers," he said in a press conference broadcast live on state television.
"The structure of the sanctions against Iran has begun to fall apart," noted Sheikh Rouhani.

The President said that Iran's nuclear achievements are just manifestations of the nation's dignity and grandeur.

It's worth mentioning that Sheikh Rouhani invited the families of the nuclear martyrs to join him behind the podium during his press conference in the morning, in the honor of the efforts and bravery of the martyred nuclear scientists.

In a letter he wrote to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, Rouhani felicitated him on the absolute achievements.
"Undoubtedly, this breakthrough is the result of God's blessings, the Leader's guidelines and unwavering support of the Iranian nation," he said.

Sheikh Rouhani said the revolutionary offspring of Iran have managed to take the first step in a way that made the big world powers admit to the nation's nuclear rights as well as its right for enrichment, IRNA reported.

The President added that stage is set for taking further steps toward safeguarding the country's technical and economic development.
Sheikh Rouhani further noted that the nuclear deal was the beginning of removal of the tyrannical sanctions against Iran.

In response, Ayatollah Khamenei hailed the "achievement" of the country's negotiating team in clinching a long-elusive nuclear deal with world powers. "The nuclear negotiating team should be thanked and appreciated for this achievement. God's grace and the support of the Iranian nation were the reasons behind this success," Fars quoted Imam Khamenei as saying. "Resistance against excessive demands should be the criteria for (nuclear) officials," he added.

After more than four days of intense negotiations, Iran and the P5+1 group sealed an interim deal in Geneva on Sunday morning.

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