Vice-Speaker: Arrogant Powers Made to Recognize Iran’s Rights by Geneva Deal

Vice-Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Hossein Aboutorabi-Fard stressed that the Geneva agreement inked by Tehran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) has made the US and its allies recognize and respect Iran’s rights.
“The most important outcome of Iran-G5+1 talks was recognition of Iran’s nuclear rights by the arrogant powers led by the US,” Aboutorabi-Fard said, addressing a ceremony in the Holy City of Mashhad on Thursday.

On November 24, Iran and the world powers sealed a six-month Joint Plan of Action to lay the groundwork for the full resolution of the West’s decade-old dispute with Iran over its nuclear energy program. In exchange for Tehran’s confidence-building bid to limit certain aspects of its nuclear activities, the Sextet of world powers agreed to lift some of the existing sanctions against Tehran and continue talks with the country to settle all problems between the two sides.

Then after several rounds of experts talks on how to enforce the agreement, Iran and the six major world powers finalized an agreement on ways to implement the deal.

On January 20, a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran has halted its 20-percent enrichment activity under the Geneva deal. Hours later the US and the EU removed part of their sanctions against Tehran.