article_snippet.sent: For many Iranians, the historic decision by Tehran and six world powers -- the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China -- to continue nuclear negotiations under a "joint comprehensive plan of action" is an indication that this year's Norouz, the Persian New Year that started on March 21, will be a superb one indeed.
article_snippet.sent: Although edgy hardliners may now try to play games and complain the preliminary agreement is not what edgy hardliners had hoped, for many people the preliminary agreement shows excellent progress and that's what edgy hardliners want.
article_snippet.sent: the preliminary agreement paves the way for a much broader deal by end of June that guarantees the peaceful nature of Tehran's nuclear activities in return for the lifting of sanctions and a return to the international community.
article_snippet.sent: The good news is that people are more than happy to welcome the preliminary agreement.
article_snippet.sent: Many believe that now there is a joint comprehensive plan of action -- the culmination of a 12-year process -- there is something to hope for.
article_snippet.sent: In many respects, it's a new beginning and that allows Iranians a very small degree of hope inside Iranians too.
article_snippet.sent: Despite skepticism, even the country's leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, now feels that the light at the end of the tunnel might not be a train and that the talks could end well.
article_snippet.sent: What's in the Iran nuclear deal?
article_snippet.sent: Little wonder he had urged the nation -- including the well-funded hardliners -- to support the previous government's overture, saying the negotiating team was trustworthy and had been doing a fine job.
article_snippet.sent: It was a historic gesture that represents qualified support for continued diplomacy and that could lead to a historic step forward.
article_snippet.sent: It places confidence and hope in the negotiating team and the P5+1 group of world powers, guaranteeing no-one in Iran will stand in the way of principled diplomatic engagement and international rapprochement.
article_snippet.sent: many Iranians are confident it is within reach and this is as it should be: A win-win deal for all.
article_snippet.sent: It represents the biggest chance of rapprochement between Tehran and Washington since the Iranian revolution in 1979.
highlights_snippet.sent: Deal between Iran and six world powers has given Iranians hope, writes Ghanbar Naderi .
  