Tehran Times - front page news: "Most important event of the 21st century"

[Surya Gayatri]

The deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has been described as historic by world leaders and the nuclear negotiators. It has also been called the most important event of the 21st century that involved all great economic and military powers and blocs.

Rouhani also said Iran sought four objectives in the nuclear talks and all of them have been achieved.

The first objective was to continue its nuclear activities, the second was to remove “wrong and cruel” sanctions, the third was to annul all the “illegal” sanctions resolutions in the UN Security, and the fourth was to remove Iran’s nuclear dossier from the agenda of UN Security Council, Rouhani said in a televised speech.

He also said all through the process of nuclear talks Iran was insisting that a “win-lose” agreement will not last and that only a “win-win” agreement will be long lasting.

The agreement is a momentous political victory for both Obama, who has long promised to reach out to historic enemies, and Rouhani, a pragmatist elected two years ago on a promise to resolve the nuclear dispute with the West through dialogue and more nuclear transparency.

Both leaders face skepticism from powerful hardliners at home, after decades of enmity between nations that referred to each other as “the Great Satan” and a member of the “Axis of Evil”.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=248041

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Giant political win for Rouhani, let's hope he can use that to push some other changes in Iran

to make it more open again, maybe give the 'Green Revolution' folks more of what they wanted when they marched a few years back.

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Hope he's accrued some political capital that he can use for the betterment of his people...