Iran's first female Vice President and Environment Minister Massoumeh Ebtekar has told FRANCE 24 that July’s landmark nuclear agreement has had a unifying effect in the Islamic Republic.

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Ebtekar said the agreement has not been as divisive in Tehran as it has in Washington, with the country's highest power, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, giving his stamp of approval and thereby succeeding in bringing round those initially opposed to the deal.

The US Congress has until September 17 to vote on a resolution of disapproval, although Obama is expected to have majority support from the Senate to veto Congress.

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