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President Barack Obama says the deal, which swaps sanctions relief for restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program, is the best way to keep Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Zarif and his entourage returned to Tehran on Wednesday morning, a day after Iran and the West reached a historic nuclear deal.

The majority of Americans support the new agreement between major world powers and Iran regarding its controversial nuclear program.

“The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously”, announced New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully, who presided over the Security Council for the Iran meeting.

Iran and Germany were historically close trade partners but business dropped off as a result of the sanctions, declining to €2.4bn previous year from around €8bn in 2003-2004, according to German figures. Gabriel is heading a delegation of representatives from German companies.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) warned Sunday that Iran will “cheat” on the nuclear agreement with the Obama administration and other power and could develop a nuclear weapon within a decade.

Israel has been strongly critical of the agreement struck this week between its arch-foe Iran and six world powers that would see Tehran curb its nuclear programme in return for a gradual lifting of sanctions.

The August contract expires on Tuesday.

“That’s not the purpose of my trip”, he admitted to reporters en route to Tel Aviv, Reuters reported.

Hassan Rouhani said Iranian negotiators came away from the talks in Vienna with “achievements beyond the nuclear” agreement and succeeded in having “aviation sanctions removed”.

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Speaking alongside the Foreign Secretary ahead of their talks, Mr Netanyahu said it was “perplexing” that the deal did not address Iranian threats to annihilate Israel.

“Our priority is to develop our oil and gas fields using domestic and foreign potential”, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said.