The U.S. and Iran haven’t had diplomatic relations since shortly after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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Agency inspectors on the ground “verified that Iran has carried out all measures required…to enable Implementation Day to occur”, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said in a statement issued just before midnight, Vienna time.
Rouhani also said the deal was a win for all negotiating parties and all factions inside Iran.
President Obama sent another signal the same year. Let’s take a listen to a portion of his remarks. Ultimately, that did not advance America’s interests.
“Iranians put cement in a nuclear reactor”, says Milani, about a crucial step in the nuclear agreement when the core of the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor was removed and disabled.
All that means even more money coming into the country, allowing it to undertake needed repairs to its oil and gas fields to boost its own production. We’ve seen the results.
He congratulated the Iranian nation and all other nations on the operation of JCPOA expressing hope that it will provide the ground for increased peace and stability in the region as well as the entire world.
Netanyahu was a strong public opponent of the negotiations and drew the ire of the Obama administration by speaking in front of the U.S. Congress in an attempt to prevent the agreement.
SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Good morning, Rachel. A fifth American was freed separately. Apparently there was a bit of a hold-up in their departure. “If that is not the case, it will also tell us something”. “For our part, we are ready to get on with the job”. And that took a long time.
The three who left Tehran before Obama spoke were Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, who spent almost a year and a half in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison; Saeed Abedini, a Christian pastor; and former US Marine Amir Hekmati, who had been sentenced to death as an alleged spy. Iran is looking to buy up to 400 new planes to replace its aging commercial fleet – some of which has been grounded due to a lack of spare parts. And the president then held off making his statement until the Americans were safely out of harm’s way.
“Iran’s recent missile test, for example, was a violation of its global obligations”. “And we believe that this is a very positive settlement for us”.
“Nuclear deal done, prisoners released, the time was right to resolve this dispute as well”, Obama said.
White House officials said during a briefing held after the president’s address that Iran could play a significant role in resolving the Syrian civil war, but profound differences exist.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation, said that “we want to shorten this period and this is possible with the help of the Agency”, the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying on Monday.
MARTIN: This deal is far from universally loved here in the U.S. Can you outline some of the criticism against the deal?
The United States responded by announcing it would end its sanctions on Iran, freeing up $150 billion in frozen assets. The administration calls that a one-time thing, not a pattern likely to be repeated. “Nobody has been defeated in the deal neither inside the country nor the countries that were negotiating with us”, he said, referring to the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany.
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“The overall atmosphere that exists after JCPOA is a positive one leading to bilateral cooperation with world countries including European countries but the exact kind of relation especially with regard to terrorist countries will be decided upon based on the interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran”, he emphasized. Thank you so much.
