TEHRAN, Iran — President Hassan Rouhani has praised a landmark nuclear deal struck in Geneva as his country’s victory, telling a home crowd it effectively means the “surrender” of Western powers to Iranian demands.
The remarks were part of the moderate Rouhani’s efforts to bring around hard-liners who claim the deal tramples on Iran’s enrichment rights.
Last week, the six-nation group — the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany — and Iran agreed to start implementing the terms of the November deal later this month.
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Under the deal, Iran agreed to cap its uranium enrichment in return for some relief from Western economic sanctions.
Speaking Tuesday in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan, Rouhani said the “Geneva deal means the surrender of big powers before the great nation of Iran.”
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press.
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