Tehran, YJC. -- Most Iranian newspapers on Monday hailed the historic deal with major powers over Iran's disputed nuclear drive, attributing the relatively swift success to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Asian stock markets rose Monday after Wall Street posted its seventh straight week of gains and a nuclear deal between world powers and Iran boosted sentiment.
Analysts praised Washington's ground-breaking interim deal with Iran to rein in its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, but warned negotiations for a full agreement will prove even tougher.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is sure the agreements reached in Geneva between Iran and the Sextet remove the risks related to proliferation of the mass destruction weapons in the Iranian nuclear programme.
A deal struck Sunday between Iran and world powers will help "make Israel safer", US Secretary of State John Kerry said, heading off criticism by the Jewish state of a thaw with Tehran.
Israel said Sunday that a nuclear deal struck Sunday between Iran and world powers in Geneva was "bad" as Tehran had obtained "what it wanted", Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.
The Associated Press has learned that the United States and Iran secretly engaged in high-level, face-to-face talks at least three times over the past year.
The sense of the agreement between Iran and the Sextet is based on the concept, offered by the Russian president, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday following the talks.
Iran’s Ambassador to Italy Jahanbakhsh Mozaffari said Italian companies can make successful activities in Iran due to the existance of significant investment opportunities in the country which is also outstanding among
regional states.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will have a pre-planned meeting with the US Secretary of State John Kerry, a source in the Russian delegation said on Saturday.