TEHRAN - Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani defended the interim nuclear deal that his negotiating team signed with the world’s major powers in November, semi-official ISNA news agency reported Saturday.“Our slogan is the centrifuges must rotate, but people’s life and economy of the country should also rotate,” Rouhani said here Saturday addressing the university students on the occasion of “National Student Day.”

He also said that “the Zionist regime became angry of the deal (since) it was as a blow on the Zionist regime,” referring to Israel.On the other hand, Iran’s friends in the region are happy about the deal, he added.Iran and the P5+1 group, including the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China plus Germany, struck a deal in Geneva on Nov. 24, in which Iran agreed to freeze part of its nuclear program in exchange for limited ease of sanctions which have hurt its economy.Majority of Iranian officials have also backed the agreement while some others have taken cautious stance about its results. (Xinhua)