Baku, Azerbaijan, September 13
By Khalid Kazimov -- Trend:
The US government has to do everything to prevent a Congress move against the Iran nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira.
"We stated from the very beginning that we consider the US government as responsible," he said.
Zarif further stated that Iran will not forget the positive role that Brazil played in the Iranian nuclear case, IRNA news agency reported September 13.
Mauro for his part congratulated Iran on the conclusion of the nuclear negotiations and said his country welcomes the UN Security Council Resolution 2231.
After Iran and the group P5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany) reached a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the country's nuclear program on July 14, the UN Security Council recognized the deal with Resolution 2231 and arranged for the removal of previous resolutions which had imposed economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
Zarif also said Iran and Brazil are going to boost bilateral relations in coming months.
Zarif announced that in the coming months Brazil will dispatch economic delegations and officials to Iran, including the country's ministers of trade and industry as well as labor and job, to seek venues for cooperation.
He also said that Iranian Minister of Economy Ail Tayebnia will travel to Brazil to lead an economic delegation there for the first time in 22 years.
Tayebnia, who heads the Iran-Brazil joint economy commission, will convene the commission in the Brazilian capital.
Under sanctions, Iran's ties with the world were severed in the past years. Now with the hope that sanctions will be removed, the country has started to rebuild its international relations and various delegations from other country are visiting Tehran.
In another part of his speech Zarif said Iran will pursue President Hassan Rouhani's initiative in forming a unified front against regional terrorism.