(VOVworld) – Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani has defended signing the historic nuclear agreement with the P5+1 (Russia, the U.S, the U.K, France, China and Germany) in order to ease the West’s economic sanctions.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (Photo: theweek.co.uk)

Rouhani said on Tuesday that reaching the agreement was very difficult and complicated and required a brave decision, so Iran’s government does not flinch criticism from the minority in the country. Under the agreement, Iran will decrease uranium enrichment levels to 5% and promises not to operate new centrifuges for 6 months in exchange for looser economic sanctions.