Iran Nuclear Deal: World Leaders Pleased Israel, Saudi Outraged

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Iran Nuclear Deal: World Leaders Pleased Israel, Saudi Outraged

Local Editor

As world leaders hailed Iran nuclear deal as a "historic breakthrough", the Zionist entity slammed it as a historic mistake.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the agreement "could serve as a vital contribution to peace and stability both in the region and beyond".

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NATO called it a "historic breakthrough" that would strengthen global security.

Meanwhile the Vatican hoped the agreement would "bear fruit" which would extend beyond simply Iran's nuclear program.

US President Barack Obama said the agreement offered a chance to reset vexed relations, as he said he is seeing a "new direction".

Russia's President Putin hailed the deal as a "firm choice for stability and cooperation".
"The world has breathed a huge sigh of relief," he said, pledging that Moscow would "do everything in its power" to ensure the agreement worked.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the deal removes "artificial" barriers towards forming a "broad coalition" to fight the Takfiri group, ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and Levant).

British Prime Minister David Cameron said the deal would help "make our world a safer place" and said Iran now had a "real opportunity" to benefit from the pact economically.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed it as "an important success" of international diplomacy, and Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel now plans to visit Iran soon.
French President Francois Hollande said "the world is making headway," urging Tehran to help world powers end the Syrian conflict.

Meanwhile, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said his key ally Iran had "achieved a historic victory", while Egypt said it hoped the deal would "prevent an arms race in the Middle East".

Iran's neighbor Afghanistan said it welcomed efforts aimed at "strengthening of peace and stability in the region", while Pakistan said that confidence-building measures over Tehran's nuclear program "auger well" for regional security.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the deal would boost the regional economy, while his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari said the agreement must "be implemented for the region to reach stability".

In South America, both Brazil and Argentina expressed "satisfaction" with the deal, with the Brazil government expressing hope it could contribute to "the beginning of a new productive phase in relations between Iran and other parties".

“Historic Mistake”

On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the deal a "historic mistake" marked by "huge compromises" and warned it could still consider pre-emptive strikes against Iranian nuclear sites.

"We did commit to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and this commitment still stands," said Netanyahu, adding that easing sanctions on Iran would "fuel its terror machine".

"Israel is not bound by this deal with Iran because Iran continues to seek our destruction," he said.

For its part, Saudi Arabia expressed hope for an end to Iran's regional “interference.”

"Iran should, with the conclusion of this accord, put her resources towards its development and amelioration of the condition of the Iranian people instead of provoking troubles which would generate certain reactions from countries in the region," said an official spokesman cited by the Saudi Press Agency.