Tehran: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has pledged his nation will abide by its commitments in the nuclear agreement reached the previous day in Switzerland.
Rouhani says Iranians will "remain loyal and stand by the promises" they made. He says Iranians "do not seek to deceive" the international community.
The Iranian president addressed the nation on Friday, a day after Iran and six world powers announced they have reached a set of understandings on how to curb the Iranian nuclear program. They face a June 30 deadline for a final deal.
Rouhani also called on the world powers to fulfill their part of the deal, a reference to the further lifting of sanctions imposed on Tehran over the controversial program.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Friday a nuclear deal with world powers would open a "new page" for the country's international relations and lead to "constructive interaction".In a live televised address, Rouhani also said a final agreement would depend on both sides living up to their commitments.
"If the other side honours its promises, we will honour our promises," he said, a day after Iran and the P5+1 group of nations led by the United States clinched a tentative framework for a nuclear deal. With a June 30 deadline and hard details about the lifting of sanctions standing in the way of a historic accord between Iran and the West, Rouhani sought to shore up support for the possible deal."In the framework that we have before us we can see that this government's approach was effective.
"New cooperation with the world both in the nuclear sphere and other areas will open a new page" for Iran, he said"Some think we should either fight with the world or give in to the global powers," Rouhani said, calling instead of a "third way" of engaging internationally.
