rouhani slams nuclear deal saboteurs in debate
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani criticized conservative opponents for trying to sabotage the nuclear deal with world powers and vowed more civil rights during Friday’s second presidential election debate.
In rare criticism of the elite Revolutionary Guards, Rouhani slammed the decision to write anti-Israel messages on ballistic missiles before testing them.
“We saw how they wrote slogans on missiles and showed underground (missile) cities to disrupt the JCPOA (nuclear deal),” he said during the debate, which comes ahead of the May 19 election.
“Our nation got through these issues because the majority of society chose morality and Islam from day one,” he added.
Iran argues that the missile tests are not banned under the 2015 deal, which curbed its nuclear program in exchange for a lifting of certain sanctions, but they have heightened tensions with the US and Israel.
Rouhani said his conservative opponents in the election were linked to those trying to scupper the deal and broader outreach to the West.
“When our diplomats were negotiating the deal, what were you doing behind the scenes? Some people acted like the opponents of the Iranian people,” he said.
One of his main challengers, hard-line cleric Ebrahim Raisi, said he would not tear up the nuclear accord but slammed what he called the government’s weak stance and empty promises.
“We should not show any weakness in the face of the enemy,” said Raisi, who had a more lively debate after a lackluster showing in the first round last week.
“This agreement was like a check that the government has been unable to cash. Mr. Rouhani promised that after the signing of the deal all the sanctions would be lifted and people’s lives would improve, but they have not,” he said.
Rouhani hit back with a spirited defense of the nuclear deal, saying it had allowed a massive increase in oil sales and opened the way for Iran to take a central position in regional diplomacy.
“It is unprecedented that Iran has such an important role,” he said, referring to this week’s talks on Syria alongside Russia and Turkey.
Rouhani also vowed to improve civil rights — a crucial plank of his 2013 presidential campaign which has been stymied by the conservative judiciary and security forces.
“Civil rights are not just on paper, they will turn into practice. We will hold different sectors responsible,” he said.
The other main hard-line challenger, Tehran mayor Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, sought to score points on the stagnant economy, seen as Rouhani’s main weakness.
Ghalibaf returned frequently to his favorite theme — attacking the elite “four-percenters,” a nod to the global “We are the 99-percent” campaign. “Who has benefited (from the nuclear deal)? The four-percenters. Who has been hurt? The people,” he said.

Source: Arab News

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