Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Dec. 1, 2013. Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday that international sanctions against his country should be lifted the day the nuclear deal is implemented.
Western governments have said the sanctions should be rolled back gradually after Iran takes steps to rein in its nuclear program, which it says is for civilian purposes and not for making a bomb.
“We will not sign any agreements unless on the first day of the implementation of the deal all economic sanctions are totally lifted on the same day,” Rouhani said, according to the AFP.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, meanwhile, said in a statement on his official website that he “is neither for nor against” the deal, reported the Associated Press.
Last week, six world powers and Iran agreed to a framework on limiting its nuclear production. The next deadline for a more specific deal is June 30.
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