Iranians Celebrate Agreement Online and in the Streets
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As my colleague from Iran’s capital, Tehran, Iranians greeted news of that could bring an end to international sanctions and isolation warily at first, and then somewhat more loudly.
Within hours of the deal’s being announced on Twitter by Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, journalists and bloggers were sharing glimpses of public and private joy, with video and images of honking car horns and dancing in the streets spreading online.
Supporters of the agreement rallied outside the foreign ministry, singing in honor of the negotiators, and waved flags and victory signs on the streets of the capital.
A column by Robert Mackey.
Mr. Zarif celebrated on a plane back to Tehran with Iranian journalists who had covered the talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, in a scene captured on video and uploaded to Instagram by Ali Araghchi, a nephew of Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi.