FROM ICEJ NEWS:
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Iranian officials react to the nuclear deal
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani gave a televised speech shortly after Tuesday’s announcement that a deal had been reached regarding the Islamic Republic’s renegade nuclear program. Declaring his belief that the agreement represented an opportunity for Iran and the rest of the world to make progress on a range of issues, he cautioned that Israel’s reaction to the deal put such progress in jeopardy. “No one can say Iran surrendered,” Rouhani said. “The deal is a legal, technical and political victory for Iran,” he said. “It’s an achievement that Iran won’t be called a world threat any more.” Elsewhere, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif landed in Tehran on Wednesday and told reporters “Today we are witnessing Netanyahu’s uproar on all television channels and in newspapers, and we have heard that the fact that the nation of Iran have made their rights official with perseverance, removed the sanctions upon them and also prevented a false crises, has made him very uneasy.”
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Europe and NATO react to the Iran deal
Leaders of the European Union, NATO and several individual European governments reacted positively to the announcement Tuesday about a deal regarding Iran’s renegade nuclear program. Many officials said they hoped the deal was the beginning of a new era of cooperation between Iran and the West while sounding a cautious note that Iran would need to fulfill its obligations under the agreement in order for that to occur. However, some European diplomats went as far as to scold Israel for objecting to the agreement, with some analysts speculating that a desire to forge closer ties with Teheran would prompt Western nations to distance themselves from Israel.
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Jewish Diaspora reacts to Iran nuclear deal
Leaders in the worldwide Jewish Diaspora reacted to Tuesday’s announcement of a deal to address Iran’s renegade nuclear program with a mixture of alarm and anger, as well as pockets of confusion and optimism. European Jewish Congress president Moshe Kantor said “On almost all of the major sticking points, Iran appears to have come out stronger and this deal will prove to be a prize for radicalism and seen as a Western surrender. If you act like the neighborhood bully, it pays off.” Echoing Kantor’s sentiments, several Jewish leaders in the Western democracies issued calls for review of the deal by their elected officials.
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Arab governments react to Iran deal
Arab governments around the Middle East issued cautious reactions Tuesday to news of a deal regarding Iran’s renegade nuclear program. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a jubilant statement indicating his hope that his sponsor would soon be able to spare more cash to support him and allied Shi’ite terror militias such as Hezbollah. His opponents among the Sunni rebel factions expressed worry about this development. Elsewhere, the government of Saudi Arabia issued a statement via official media that it has warned Iran not to use an infusion of cash from lifted sanctions to fuel regional turmoil. Military analysts have predicted a surge in the already massive spike in orders of weapons and military equipment by Gulf Arab states in response to the agreement.
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