He called on his government to act so that the sanctions would lose their effectiveness

Rouhani is confident that Washington will return to its commitments under the nuclear deal

Rouhani's statements came during a televised speech.

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Yesterday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed his confidence that the new US administration headed by Joe Biden, will return to its obligations under the nuclear agreement from which his predecessor Donald Trump withdrew in 2018. In a televised speech during the inauguration of economic projects, the Iranian president reiterated that his government will not delay Regarding any opportunity to lift the harsh economic sanctions imposed on it by Washington, starting in 2018, after Trump's decision to unilaterally withdraw from the nuclear agreement.

"I have no doubt that the steadfastness of the Iranian people during these three years will force the next US administration to submit to the people (in Iran) and return to its commitments, and sanctions will be broken," Rouhani said.

Rouhani's statements came yesterday, the day after Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei affirmed the need not to delay "even one hour" if there is a possibility to lift the sanctions, stressing at the same time the necessity of making local efforts aimed at "aborting" the effects of the sanctions.

Rouhani said that his government should "move to make the sanctions lose their effectiveness, as Khamenei declared," adding, "We should not delay one hour in lifting the sanctions.

The government should do everything possible to break the sanctions. ”

The Iranian president continued, “This is a very important directive that the leader emphasized.

The government will make every effort to achieve this ».

The Rouhani government will not delay any opportunity to lift the sanctions.

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