Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif informed Lebanon’s Parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, he would soon launch a tour of Arab states in order to allay concerns after the historic nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, local Lebanese newspapers reported Monday.

Zarif, according to the reports, told Berri he would soon visit the region, “particularly those anxious states in order to reassure them and eliminate their fears.”

Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham accused the White House for fabricating actual agreement and publishing an inaccurate text on the WH’s official website.

“What has been released in the White House website as the fact sheet was a one-sided perception of the agreed text in Geneva,” Marziyeh Afkham said in her weekly press conference in Tehran on Tuesday. “The fact sheet includes some agreements in it, that are different in the final official Geneva document.”

“A number of explanations and terms in the (fact) sheet (released by the White House) contradict the text of the Joint Plan of Action… Unfortunately, some media outlets have translated and published the mentioned fact sheet as the text of the Geneva deal, which is untrue,” Afkham noted.

She said the text of the four-page Joint Plan of Action was the outcome of the agreement reached in Geneva talks, and added, “The whole phrases and words in the text have been included with regard to the considerations of all sides.”

“Three rounds of heated negotiations with Powers in Geneva and hours of technical discussions brought forth a joint action plan for Iran and Powers, a draft of which was communicated to public media within an hour,” she explained.

“The 4-page joint action plan is the outcome of Geneva talks and all sentences and expressions of the draft has been carefully worked out given the sensitivities by the parties to the negotiations, especially Iranian negotiators,” Afkham said, and that “what has been given in the White House fact sheet is a distorted version, with changes made to the main joint action plan.”

An Iranian news agency notes that the “Fact Sheet: First Step Understandings Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program” was published on the White House website on Nov. 23, while an official statement after the Iran-P5+1 talks was published on Nov. 24.

According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the deal allows Iran to continue its activities at Arak, Fordow and Natanz facilities. The agreement also stipulates that no additional sanctions will be imposed on Tehran within the next six months over its nuclear energy program. Whereas in the WH’s “Fact Sheet: First Step Understandings Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program” the agreement notes, “Iran has committed to no further advances of its activities at Arak and to halt progress on its plutonium track.”

The original text of the Geneva deal also notes the removal of all sanctions against Iran if the two sides reach a final agreement in 6 months. “Following successful implementation of the final step of the comprehensive solution for its full duration, the Iranian nuclear program will be treated in the same manner as that of any non-nuclear weapon state party to the NPT,” the text reads.

In the WH text, the U.S. Promises to increase tougher sanctions on Iran if the regime fails to end its nuclear weapon development. “Over the next six months, we will determine whether there is a solution that gives us sufficient confidence that the Iranian program is peaceful. If Iran cannot address our concerns, we are prepared to increase sanctions and pressure,” the WH text reads.

Read the full text of agreement as signed in Geneva

Read the full text of the Geneva deal as published on the WH website

(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)