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JCPOA should foster unity, not create divisions: Iran pres.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addressing locals in the city of Sari in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran on October 12, 2015

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the agreement signed between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries over Iran’s nuclear program should serve to further strengthen national unity rather than sow discord.

“As Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei] said, the JCPOA should not create divisions among the people,” said the president while addressing locals in the city of Sari in the northern province of Mazandaran on Monday.

In mid-July, Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia – plus Germany finalized the text of an agreement dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the Austrian capital of Vienna.

Under the JCPOA, limits will be put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the lifting of all economic and financial bans against the Islamic Republic.

In his address, President Rouhani underlined the necessity of maintaining national unity in the “post-JCPOA” era.

“Today, we are [facing] the post-JCPOA opportunity… and we need unity, solidarity and rapport,” said the president, adding, “We will remain united.”

He said Iran’s success in the negotiations that led to the conclusion of the JCPOA was because of the “guidance” and “prudence” of the Leader, the “resistance” of the Iranian nation and efforts by the country’s seasoned diplomats.

President Rouhani also thanked Iran’s Parliament for “approving the outlines of the JCPOA bill” in its Sunday session.

He underlined that there may be some critics of the agreement, which, he said, is natural. Nevertheless, the president underlined, the majority of voices will have the final say.

Iranian lawmakers in an open session on Sunday passed the general outlines of a single-urgency motion that gives the go-ahead to the administration to voluntarily implement the JCPOA on a conditional basis.

In the session, 139 lawmakers voted in favor of the motion, 100 voted against and 12 abstained.

Also present at the session was Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi who reacted angrily to the legislators that he said had threatened him against approval of the JCPOA.


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