Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday he saw a good chance for a nuclear deal with the West because "most Iranians" were in favour of it, playing down resistance from Islamic hardliners. "Some factions have ** interest in reaching an agreement due to political reasons, but what counts at the end is the vote of the majority of Iranian people," Zarif told a joint news conference in Tehran with visiting Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz. He was referring to the landslide victory in last July's presidential election of Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, after he pledged to end sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States and its Western allies in order to force Tehran to open its nuclear programme to outside scrutiny. "I am sure if we score a decent deal, it will be backed by a majority of Iranians," he added.
04-28-2014, 10:03 AM
Zarif says most Iranians support nuclear deal with West
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