TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council , has said that Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers serves the national interests of the Islamic Republic.

“We are in the final stages of examining the deal in the Supreme National Security Council and the people should not have any worries as the text of the agreement is such that it serves the interests of the Islamic Republic,” he said in a meeting at the University of Tabriz on Thursday.

Commenting on the process of studying the deal officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) by the Supreme National Security Council, Shamkhani said that the JCPOA’s various dimensions are under study with a “realistic view” and without considering any politically-motivated judgments.

He expressed hope that the results that are to be reached would help boost “national unity” and “stability”.

Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) finalized the text of the JCPOA in Vienna on July 14.

On July 20, the UN Security Council turned the JCPOA into international law by endorsing a resolution, setting the stage for the lifting of the Security Council sanctions against Iran.

The Supreme National Security Council of Iran and the country’s parliament are both perusing the text of the agreement.

“The results will be announced around the same time that the P5+1 announce theirs,” Reuters quoted Shamkhani as saying.

The U.S. Congress is also examining the agreement which has the right to approve or reject it in a vote to be taken by September 17.

U.S. President Barack Obama is trying to gather 34 votes in the Senate to ensure Congress cannot kill the nuclear deal. Twenty-five senators, all Democrats, have said they will support it. Opposition Republican hardliners are strongly opposed.

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