TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (Shana) � First Vice President Ishaq Jahangiri said if Iran followed the foreign policy of past years, instead of the current way of development, it could no longer export a single barrel of oil today.

Speaking at a meeting to mark the Statistics and Planning Day, he said, �Those behind the sanctions were after depicting a violent and formidable picture of Iran, but we followed three short-term objectives of safeguarding the achievements, securing the nation�s rights, and removal of sanctions.�

�The outcome was negotiations, interaction, dialog, reasoning, and logic,� he added, �In the post-sanction period, we are facing both opportunities and threats.�

Iran will use the opportunity of the nuclear agreement to settle the society�s problems, said Jahangiri.

By SHANA