President Rouhani: Victory and success to us

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addressed his people by opening with a divine revelation.

“This Ramadan people prayed for a good Iran deal,” he began. “I announce it has come true. God has accepted the nation’s prayers."

“What mattered the most was the steadfastness, patience and resistance shown by the courageous nation of Iran,” he said. “Today with the grace of god it has been the year that brought about victory and success to us.”

Rouhani criticised sanctions, saying that they only impact on the lives of ordinary people.

“I said from first day, west can have interaction with us but should first stop threatening us."

"Today we arrived at a new point. Implementing of this agreement is the beginning of trust [of the west]. Gradually we can say the wall of mistrust will be removed.”

Rouhani said that Iran entered the negotiations with four objectives in mind:

To protect and continue their nuclear activities; to put an end to the “inhuman” and “tyrannical” sanctions; to address and annul all of the UN resolutions on sanctioning the country; to present the deal to the United Nations Security Council.

“These objectives have been achieved,” he said.