Tehran expects 'positive change' if US ends 'economic war'

"If there are some tensions, (their) roots stem from America's economic war against Iran. Whenever it stops we will witness a very positive change in the region and the world," Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said in his comments to reporters as holding a joint news conference in Tehran with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday.

Published June 12,2019

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TEHRAN EXPECTS POSITIVE CHANGE IF US ENDS ECONOMIC WAR

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) accompanies the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), during a welcoming ceremony in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 12, 2019. [AFP Photo]

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday he expects a "very positive change" in the Middle East and the world if the US stops its economic pressure against the Islamic republic through sanctions.

"If there are some tensions, (their) roots stem from America's economic war against Iran. Whenever it stops we will witness a very positive change in the region and the world," Rouhani said at a joint news conference in Tehran with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.