Iran achieved all long-sought objectives in

nuclear talks: Rouhani

I
rans President Hassan Rouhani delivers a televised address from Tehran on July 14, 2015, the day of the
conclusion of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries. (IRNA)

Tue Jul 14, 2015

Irans President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic achieved all four
objectives it was seeking throughout intensive nuclear talks with six world powers.
"We were following four objectives in these negotiations. As part of today's agreement
and under this Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, all the four objectives have been
achieved," Rouhani said in a televised address on Tuesday after the conclusion of
talks between Iran and the P5+1 countries.

He enumerated the objectives as Iran's ability to go ahead with its nuclear activities,
lifting of "cruel and inhumane sanctions," annulment of all "illegal" sanctions adopted
by the UN Security Council against Iran and the withdrawal of Iran's nuclear dossier
from the Security Council.
Rouhani said the sanctions regime imposed on the Islamic Republic was never
successful, adding that the bans only targeted the Iranian nation.
He said the nuclear case had played into the hands of those involved in an
Iranophobia campaign.

Foreign

ministers of China, France, Germany, Iran and Russia, as well as the head of
the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the UK foreign secretary, the US secretary
of state, the US energy secretary and the EU foreign policy chief pose for photos at
the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. (AFP)
Important juncture in history
The Iranian president added that resistance of the Iranian nation guaranteed their
victory in the nuclear talks.
"Today, we are at an important juncture in the history of our country and our [Islamic]
Revolution and the situation in the region," Rouhani said.
He said some powers had had some illusions over the past 12 years regarding Iran,
but "a new page has been turned and a new chapter has begun."
"Iran will honor the agreement, if the other side abides by it," the Iranian president
said, adding that the Iranian nation always keeps it promises.

Lifting of sanctions
President Rouhani said there are phases to a final agreement, and today served as
the first of those steps, where all parties involved in the negotiations came to terms on
the text of an agreement and its annexes. The negotiating partners agreed that the
next phase will be within the coming days, he added.
Rouhani said as a result of the talks, all sanctions imposed on Iran including the
financial, economic and banking sanctions will be fully lifted and not suspended on the
day of implementation of agreement.
The Iranian president said the day of agreement will come when the United States and
the European Union clearly announce the lifting of all sanctions. From that day,
President Rouhani added, Iran will begin implementation of its commitments.

Irans Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy Federica Mogherini attend a final press conference of Iran nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria on July
14, 2015. (AFP)
Language of respect

President Rouhani recalled his first speech on the nuclear case in 2013, where he
called on the global powers to stop bullying and put an end to the sanctions regime
and instead speak with the Iranian nation through the language of respect.
He said the Tuesday conclusion showed that the global powers had come to terms in
that regard.
Centrifuges spin on

Elsewhere in his remarks, Rouhani elaborated on some details of the conclusion,

including the number of Irans centrifuges in operation, saying that Tehran had
convinced its negotiating partners to have 6,000 centrifuges in operation, although the
other side initially wanted only 100 machines to remain in place.
The Iranian president said the other side accepted Irans right to research and
development, adding that Tehran also convinced the other side to have IR6 and IR8
machines and have UF6 gas injected to IR8.
He said Irans right to have the heavy water reactor in Arak is now recognized and
work will be done in the future for the reactor to be completed.
The Fordow nuclear facility will also continue operations with 1,000 centrifuges,
Rouhani stated.
Defeat for the Israeli regime
Rouhani said the Tuesday statement benefits not only Iran and the Iranian people, but
all the resistant nations in the region.
Israels efforts to push the nuclear talks of the past nearly two years into failure have
led to the defeat of the Tel Aviv regime, the Iranian president stated.
President Rouhani once again appreciated all those contributing in the course of the
negotiations, most notably Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali
Khamenei for his guidance and the Iranian people for resisting the inhumane pressure
over the past years.
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