04 June, 2017
The nuclear agreement Mr Rouhani's government reached with global powers in 2015, under which most worldwide sanctions have been lifted in return for Iran curbing its nuclear programme, is likely to remain safe.
As this move was considered a major betrayal, Saudis welcomed President Trump's hardline stance on Iran which he highlighted in his speech at the Summit with more than 50 Arab and Islamic countries. We are waiting for the new government to find stability and continuity in its policies, ' said Rouhani.
Iran also accused the United States of arming "dangerous terrorists" a direct reference to the $110 billion arms deal Trump signed with Saudi Arabia's, King Salman, Saturday during his visit to the Kingdom.
"The issue of terrorism can not be solved through giving money to superpowers", Rouhani said, adding that his nation would "uproot terrorism" and bring stability to the region.
Rouhani beat his main challenger, conservative ex-prosecutor Ebrahim Raisi in the first round of the election, polling almost 57 percent of the vote and winning another four-year term as president.
The missile launches have been condemned by the Trump administration and Israel.
Trump has threatened to try to renegotiate the deal, which saw Iran accept curbs on its contested nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of some worldwide economic sanctions. Our missiles are for peace and for defence ...
"Iran is committed to reach this level of trade between the two neighbors and now is a good opportunity to realize areas on interest to the two countries", Rouhani said.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says it is likely he will eventually speak to his Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, "at the right time", although he has no plans to talk to him at this point. "Although he was not among us in the election, he predicted these days well, telling me what great religious, national and revolutionary duties I had", Dr Rouhani added.
"We hope that one day Saudi Arabia to hold elections to put an end to the hereditary rulers making the country much more powerful", he said.
"The meeting that took place in Saudi Arabia is a meeting for show and has no political value". Who can say the region will experience total stability without Iran?
Macron described the JCPOA as a significant deal for the regional and global security, emphasizing that all sides should support the accord for economic development and closer cooperation with Iran.
"The U.S. leaders should know that whenever we need a missile test because of a technical aspect, we will test", he said.
A preliminary tally shows every one of Tehran's 21 council seats going to reformists from the pro-Rouhani Hope faction, the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency reported, quoting Issa Farhadi, governor of Tehran.
