In his address to the United Nations last fall, President Hassan Rouhani said the nuclear deal just signed, lifting sanctions and setting limits on Iran’s nuclear program, was a foundation for change. “We were not solely seeking a nuclear deal,” he said. In his U.N. speech and a wide-ranging news conference this week, Rouhani bitterly accused the United States of failing to live up to its obligations under the nuclear deal. on the part of the United States in the past several months represents a flawed approach that should be rectified forthwith,” he said Thursday. He defended the nuclear deal as a “victory,” allowing Iran to continue enriching limited levels of uranium for peaceful purposes such as generating energy.

Source: Washington Post September 23, 2016 21:09 UTC