Iran to cooperate with new president, pledges full implementation of nuclear deal

As the world waits the declaration of the winner of the presidential election of the United States of America (USA) held yesterday, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has pledged continued cooperation with whoever wins while calling for abiding faith with the implementation of the Nuclear Agreement.

Iran’s Vice President and Head of Department of Environment, Dr. (Mrs) Masoumeh Ebtekar expressed hope and optimism that the outcome of the U.S. election would strengthen the implementation of the Nuclear deal signed in January this year.

Mrs Ebtekar spoke yesterday at an exclusive breakfast session with a group of Nigerian journalists participating in the ongoing 22nd Press Exhibition, Iran’s most significant media showcase holding in Tehran.

The Vice President, who also called for an improved bilateral ties between Nigeria and Iran in the areas of economy, culture and science, said “moving the agreement to logical conclusion is uppermost for Iranian people.” She was responding to the question on her preference being a woman on the top echelon of Iran’s political leadership. “Indeed, Iran has no preference. Whoever wins, the government of Iran is ready to cooperate.

We hope that whoever wins will take rational steps to move forward with the nuclear agreement, even though part of the agreement has not been properly implemented by the US, but we still have an agreement, that is very important and Iran is abiding fully to that agreement, and we look forward to working with whoever comes to power as president of the US,” Mrs Ebtekar said.

According to her, the government is desirous of restoring the rights of the Iranians, “because the sanctions are like chains to the feet of Iranian nation,” making reference to what she described as “beautiful analogy” by President Hassan Rouhani in a recent statement justifying why the country had to find diplomatic way to resolve the nuclear issue.