Anti-Iran hostilities to continue despite nuclear deal: Zarif

Foreign Minister says the nuclear deal reached last year with the 5+1 group of world powers does not guarantee an end to all hostilities against the Islamic Republic.

According to Press TV, Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks on Sunday as he attended a parliament session in Tehran to brief lawmakers on the results of the nuclear deal reached in July last year.

“This agreement does not mean that the enmities of the other side have come to an end because they always view the Islamic Republic of Iran as an obstacle in their way,” said Zarif.

"This also doesn't mean the other side has abandoned its sabotage," the foreign minister added.

Since the nuclear agreement, the US and its allies have directed their focus on Iran's missile program, with Iranian officials saying the West was trying to sabotage it.

Zarif stressed that Iran’s missile program was not on the agenda of the nuclear negotiations.

He said Iran's adversaries have always regarded the Islamic Revolution as an impediment to their goals and adopted a policy of pressuring the country.

Through the nuclear agreement, "we managed to take away the excuses and remove the obstacles in the way of the nation but this doesn’t mean an end to excuses and attempts to exert pressure" on Iran, he added.

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