Iran President: Iran Won Extra Concessions In The Nuclear Deal Without Even Asking

Hassan Rouhani, Iran's president, makes a statement on the nuclear deal reached with world powers

Wall Street Journal: Hassan Rouhani Says Iran Won Extra Concession in Nuclear Deal

Removal of aviation sanctions hadn’t been on the table at the start of the talks, Iranian president says

TEHRAN—Iran extracted an extra concession in the nuclear deal it reached Tuesday with six world powers by winning the removal of aviation sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani said, according to official state media.

Sanctions imposed by the U.S. on the sale of commercial passenger aircraft and parts to Iran are to be scrapped under the deal. But their removal hadn’t been on the table at the start of the talks because they weren’t imposed over Iran’s nuclear program, Mr. Rouhani said in an address to Iranian athletes in Tehran.

“Only the nuclear-related sanctions were supposed to be lifted,” he said late Wednesday, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency. “But our negotiation team succeeded in removing the aviation sanctions, which were not nuclear ones.”

WNU Editor: As I had mentioned yesterday .... with each passing day we will learn more details on this deal .... and in a few months from now .... the secret deals that were done on the side.