France's Hollande hails "important" Iran nuclear deal

French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday said the nuclear deal reached after long talks between Iran and six major countries was very "important" for the entire world's security.

Hollande, speaking to TF1 and France2 in a traditional interview of the National Day, noted that the deal reached after 12 years of negotiations showed that "the world is moving."

"France was very firm. My concern was to prevent nuclear proliferation to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons. This would have been a risk to the entire world," the president added.

"Iran accepted to reduce its nuclear capacities. But we have to verify that. We can lift sanctions but we can impose them again if there will the slightest breach," he stressed.

After more than two weeks of intensive talks in Vienna, Austria's capital city, six world's major countries, including China, France, Germany, Russia, Britain and the United States, along with Teheran agreed on a 100-page accord.

Iran has been a target of UN sanctions due to its alleged attempts of building nuclear weapons. The West accuses Iran of developing nuclear weapons under cover of civilian nuclear programs, which Iran denied. Endit