While U.S. officials say Iran will only pocket about $50 billion of those assets after legal claims, the announcement of this new settlement is expected to fuel criticism that the Obama administration is funding a regime bent on destroying the United States.
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A new Iranian precision-guided ballistic missile is launched as it is tested at an undisclosed location in Iran on October 11, 2015.
He added that Tehran saw fresh economic sanctions as “illegitimate”.
On Saturday the USA and European Union lifted sanctions against Iran after a report by the global nuclear watchdog said the country had complied with all of the nuclear agreement’s requirements, including the dismantling of the reactor at its Arak nuclear facility.
“The U.S. has never been afraid to pursue diplomacy with our adversaries”, he said.
The White House confirmed in a background call with reporters Sunday that Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter detained then imprisoned by Iran, had been freed along with four other Americans held in that country.
A more subtle affect will be that companies who deal with Iran will benefit hugely. ‘Even as we implement the nuclear deal and welcome our Americans home we recognize that there remain profound differences between the United States and Iran. The Iranian president also said the deal was a “turning point” for Iran’s economy, which was severely weakened by having been shut out of worldwide markets for the last five years. Having said that, we are constrained to revisit the underlying issue of the abolition of nuclear weapons. Moreover, the U.S. has only suspended its nuclear-related sanctions; it hasn’t terminated them.
“They’re civilians, and their release is a one-time gesture to Iran given the unique opportunity offered by this moment and the larger circumstances at play”, he said. The Kayhan news article quoted Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying that the new sanctions would constitute a breach of the nuclear agreement.
The sanctions imposed by the USA on Sunday are “uncalled for”, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told the Associated Press in an interview published on Wednesday.
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“I thank God for this blessing & bow to the greatness of the patient nation of Iran”, President Hassan Rouhani said in a Twitter message.
