Celebration and Revelry Across Iran Following Announcement of Nuclear Agreement

The state news agency IRNA reported on the celebration of Iran's nuclear agreement with the 5+1 group in provincial centers and major cities across Iran on the evening of Tuesday, July 23. Meanwhile, according to the website Kalemeh, close to Mir Hossein Mousavi, and reports published on social media, some participants in these celebrations in Tehran and several major cities chanted slogans calling for the lifting of the house arrest of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, leaders of the Green Movement, as well as the release of political prisoners. According to IRNA, 'a large number' of youths gathered in Tehran's Vali Asr Square to celebrate the nuclear agreement, chanting slogans such as 'Iran's ambassador of peace, thank you, thank you,' 'Long live Rouhani, long live Hashemi,' and 'Thank you, Rouhani.' The report also stated that 'many' citizens of Tehran celebrated the agreement in Tajrish Square, holding flowers and chanting slogans in support of President Hassan Rouhani and members of Iran's nuclear negotiation team. According to IRNA, the celebration also took place in Mother Square, Vanak, Park Way Intersection, San'at Square, Kaj Square, Narmak Square, West Town, and the second square of Sadeghiyeh in Tehran, 'to the extent that traffic in these areas was impossible.' The state news agency also reported celebrations in provincial centers and major cities across Iran, including Qom, Isfahan, Shiraz, Kerman, Kermanshah, Sanandaj, Zanjan, Mashhad, Karaj, Bushehr, Borujerd, Shahr-e Kord, Ardabil, Semnan, Yasuj, Bandar Abbas, Birjand, Yazd, Zahedan, Zabol, Arak, Qazvin, Hamadan, Bojnurd, Ilam, and Kashan. According to the report, these celebrations temporarily blocked the main streets of cities. IRNA reported that participants in the celebrations also expressed their joy by turning on car lights and honking horns. In some of these cities, participants distributed drinks and sweets and played local music. In addition to slogans supporting Iran's nuclear negotiation team, IRNA mentioned other slogans from participants in some cities, such as 'Nuclear worries, go to sleep, you are tired' and 'Long live reforms, long live Rouhani.' Meanwhile, according to the Kalemeh website, a group of participants in the nuclear agreement celebration in Tehran chanted slogans supporting the lifting of the house arrest of Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, the leaders of the protests against the results of the 2009 presidential election, and called for the release of political prisoners, also carrying placards. The Kalemeh website mentioned slogans such as 'My martyr brother, I took back your vote,' 'A prosperous green Iran does not need a nuclear bomb,' 'The agreement is made, now it's Mir Hossein's turn,' 'Our next agreement is our civil rights,' and 'Kayhan, Israel, condolences, condolences.' In this context, Khamenei, in his first reaction to the agreement, only thanked the Iranian negotiating team. Obama has begun discussions to present the nuclear agreement to Congress. Zarif: The Security Council will recognize Iran's enrichment next week. The changing battlefield of 'proxy wars'; war against the people in the streets of Iran. The first paragraph; the responsibility of the opposition and the possibility of radicalizing Iranian society. The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iran crisis.