TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised diplomatic efforts made by the country’s negotiators involved in the nuclear talks with world powers as a result of which the Iranian nation’s rights have been recognized by the international community.

“The (Iranian) administration’s foreign-policy efforts over the past three years have been based on restoration and recognition of the people’s rights,” President Rouhani said at a joint meeting between cabinet members and the country’s governors-general in Tehran on Wednesday.

He pointed to the July 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany), saying that prior to the deal, major powers and international organizations denied Iran’s right to enrichment and claimed that Iran’s nuclear activities pose a threat to the international security and stability.

He added that today, however, they not only do not raise such claims but cooperate with Iran at the highest levels of nuclear activities.

In other words, the president said, Iran was able to make the world recognize the country’s definite rights and its constructive role in the region through the nuclear negotiations.

He further said the objective behind the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was to pave the way for boosting economic activities in the Islamic Republic.

International interest in ties with Iran has been growing since Tehran and the Group 5+1 on July 14, 2015 finalized the comprehensive nuclear deal and started implementing it on January 16.

The agreement terminated all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran.

By Tasnim News Agency