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TEHRAN, Nov 27 (KUNA) -- The deal reached between Iran and the P5+1 group
over the country's nuclear activity is no threat of any kind to the countries
in the region, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised interview
here Tuesday night.
The president said the Geneva deal would not compromise interests of
neighboring states and Iran does not and would never seek production of
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), including nuclear weapons.
Stressing the deal was a victory for the Iranian nation, he added that the
only people and nation not pleased with the signing of the agreement was
Israel, which he described as an illegal occupation body established on a
basis of injustice and aggression.
Reiterating that Iran would never forego its inalienable right to nuclear
technology, the president "assured the Iranian nation that Iran's nuclear
redlines have been observed by the Iranian negotiating team in the recent
Geneva talks," according to IRNA news agency. "Uranium enrichment is our clear
right and it is also our redline," he said.
Reiterating "We broke the structure of sanctions," the president also
chimed that, "The centrifuges are functioning now and the people's economic
conditions will also get better."
Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
- the US, Britain, Russia, France, and China - plus Germany sealed an interim
hard-won deal in Geneva on Sunday. The main points of the deal include that
Iran is to limit its uranium enrichment to 5 percent within the next six
months, and also abandon development of nuclear fuel production at Natanz,
Fordow, and Arak facilities.
The deal also states a gradual easing of sanctions and that no additional
sanctions be imposed on the nation, and also indicates that some USD 400
million of Iranian funds abroad are to be freed. The embargo on purchase of
gold and precious metals is also to be lifted as well as embargos on the auto
industry, petrochemicals, and repair of civilian Iranian aircraft abroad. (end)
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