Hezbollah officials have touted the deal as a victory for Iran and the axis of resistance which includes Assad.IRAQIraqs Shiite-dominated government, which is close to Iran, welcomed the implementation of the nuclear deal as a catalyst to help solve disputes in the region.
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He said Iran would respond by “accelerating its legal ballistic missile programme and boosting defence capabilities”. He said everyone is happy “except Zionists, warmongers fueling discord in the Islamic world, and hardliners in the U.S”. “That was not tied to implementation day”.
By then, American and Iranian teams in Geneva were working hard on the details of the swap.
Rezaian, Christian pastor Saeed Abedini and former US Marine Amir Hekmati arrived at a US military base in Germany late on Sunday on their way home from Iran.
Khosravi-Roodsari decided not to leave Iran, senior White House officials said.
The Vienna agreement was nailed down after two years of rollercoaster negotiations following Rouhani’s election.
He was the first USA president to call the country “The Islamic Republic of Iran” in a Persian New Year’s message to the Iranian people. Now we are like other countries. Earlier this morning, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani spoke to his nation. They are free to stay in the United States.
Administration officials dismissed that notion, suggesting USA taxpayers might have faced a much larger payout if the case hadn’t been settled between the parties.
The second category would be more freedom for Iran to purchase civilian aviation equipment from the United States.
But Kerry said the successful talks over prisoners and nuclear matters raise the prospects of more U.S.-Iranian cooperation on other matters. The missiles were intended for defense purposes and posed no threat to other countries, Ansari said.
She also said some European countries and Russian Federation could benefit.
A video of the USA sailors on their knees with their hands on their heads threatened to undercut the Obama administration’s claim that their quick release demonstrated improved relations between Washington and Tehran. “We said, ‘No, and no, and no'”.
From the future of U.S.-Iranian relations to the fate of another missing American, the release could mark just the beginning of more political maneuvering to come.
The US imposed sanctions on 11 companies and individuals on Sunday for supplying Iran’s ballistic missile programme.
The deal was widely panned by Republicans and some Democrats, and the agreement has been brought up repeatedly on the campaign trail.
“A lot of work has gone into getting us here, and implementation of this agreement will require a similar effort”.
“Israel’s policy was and continues to remain exactly as it was, not to allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons”, added Netanyahu.
There is also concern about the deal on Capitol Hill. Now while they might not sound as elaborate as the previous sanctions, it is definitely a blow for Mr. Rouhani and his government because Iran’s supreme leader, the man who is even more powerful than the president, has said on numerous occasions that after the nuclear deal, there should be no new sanctions whatsoever.
“Yes – I think we had a separate track going on that”, he said. “It’s his free determination” whether he wants to stay in Iran, one official said.
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ERDBRINK: Well, he is – he described a new Iran, a country in which the – everybody would be able to make financial transactions with other countries.
