The Iran nuclear program's Arak heavy-water reactor. The International Atomic Energy Agency issued a new report stating that Iran's stock of low-enriched uranium is continuing to grow. Photo: Nanking2012/Wikimedia Commons.

Free Beacon – Iran’s foreign minister and chief negotiator in nuclear talks with the West declared victory for his country, stating that no matter how the negotiations end, Tehran has come out “the winner,” according to remarks made on Tuesday and presented in the country’s state-run press.

Javad Zarif, the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister, stated in remarks before the country’s powerful Assembly of Experts, which recently installed a hardline new cleric as its leader, that the nuclear negotiations have established Tehran as a global power broker.

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