Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday hailed the lifting of international sanctions on his country following the entry into force of last July's momentous nuclear deal with major powers.

‘We Iranians have reached out to the world in a sign of friendliness, and leaving behind the enmities, suspicions and plots, have opened a new chapter in the relations of Iran with the world,’ the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that a nuclear deal with world powers was a ‘golden page’ in the country’s history, a day after sanctions against the Islamic republic were lifted in return for Tehran complying with a deal to curb its nuclear ambitions.

Addressing parliament and presenting the draft budget for the next Iranian fiscal year, Rouhani said the deal was a ‘turning point’ for the country’s economy.