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Sunday, April 5, 2015
Iran military chief hails nuclear success
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s military chief hails the success of his country’s negotiators in talks with world powers that secured a framework for a deal on its long-disputed nuclear program.
The remarks by General Hassan Firouzabadi — a close ally of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has yet to comment on the agreement — are published Sunday on the Revolutionary Guards’ sepanews.com website.
Firouzabadi congratulates the Iranian leader on the “success of the team of Iranian negotiators and thanked the president” Hassan Rouhani and officials involved led by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Opinions in Iran have been split on the agreement since it was reached in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Thursday.
Other officials have also expressed support for the agreement, which heralds the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions on Iran’s economy if it sticks to the terms of the deal.
— AFP
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