Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, has declared the lifting of sanctions on the country as his top priority -- even as he also insists that he won’t budge an inch from the Islamic Republic’s positions on key issues, including the controversial nuclear program “We call on everyone to approach us not with sanctions but with respect,” he said the other day. In other words, Rouhani is asking the United Nations, the European Union and the United States to surrender to the Islamic Republic. That would mean canceling five unanimous Security Council resolutions and a range of sanctions approved by Congress and 28 EU parliaments.
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