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Defiant: Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has reportedly vowed to continue buying and selling arms around the world

A top Iranian politician who led the recent historic talks with Western leaders over the country's nuclear ambitions has vowed to continue buying and selling arms around the world, it is claimed.

In the latest embarrassing blow to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who presided over the talks in Vienna, Abbas Araghchi insisted that Iran would refuse to be shackled by nuclear deal.

According to the CIA's Open Source Center, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister has told state television that that he'd insisted the deal continued to allow Iran to 'buy weapons from wherever possible' as well as to 'provide weapons to whomever and whenever it considers appropriate'.

Araghchi's worrying claims come just one day after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's highest religious authority, told supporters that nuclear deal would not change Iran's policy towards the 'arrogant' U.S. - comments Kerry admitted were 'very disturbing'.

Araghchi's show of defiance came on Iranian state television in comments that were translated into English and made public by the CIA's Open Source Center.

In the latest effort to make the deal more appealing to Iranian conservatives, Araghchi claimed that the final agreement struck in Vienna actually relaxed the terms of Iranian arms trade.

Despite the sale and purchase of weapons being one America's key concerns, the Obama administration eventually buckled and agreed to allow Iran to continue importing and exporting arms.

But Araghchi is said to have told Iranians that the historic agreement went even further and actually relaxed long-established restrictions on the countries Iran is allowed to trade arms with, effectively freeing it up to buy and sell arms 'anywhere and at any time'.

'When they said that they were not going to lift weapons and missiles sanctions, or at least not immediately, we explicitly told them that there could be no agreement because we will not sacrifice our national security for anything,' Araghchi said according to Free Beacon.

'With regards to our national security, our defense systems, and our missiles systems, we are not even willing to negotiate, let alone compromise,' he reportedly added.

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Anger: There have already been rallies on the streets of America condemning the agreement, with young men and women holding placards reading 'Don't trust Iran' and 'No to terrorist Khameni'

Protest: Conservatives in both Iran and the U.S. see one another as a sworn enemy and a deal struck during months of nuclear negotiations is unlikely to change generations-old differences of opinion

Upset: Protesters rally against the nuclear deal with Iran in New York's famous Times Square yesterday

FRIDAY PRAYERS INTERRUPTED BY 'DEATH TO AMERICA' CHANTS Friday's main prayer service in Teheran was interrupted by repeated chants of 'Death to America' in the wake of this week's landmark nuclear deal. The chanting by several hundred hard-liners came as conservative cleric Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani was leading the Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus. He praised Iranian nuclear negotiators for their efforts in concluding the nuclear deal and criticized the United States for its tough sanctions on Iran. Anti-U.S. chants are frequent at gatherings of hard-liners in Iran. Since the deal was reached earlier this week with world powers led by the U.S., Iranian hard-liners have offered mostly mild criticism while scores of ordinary Iranians have welcomed the agreement with street celebrations. Advertisement

One major concern is that Shia-majority Iran is allied to a number of regimes that the U.S. would rather it wasn't trading weapons with - chief among the Assad regime in Syria.

Assad has been accused of killing thousands of his own citizens during a brutal four-year civil war that has seen ISIS rise in the country.

The idea of the U.S. not just striking a deal with Iran but also potentially allowing the country to empower other enemy states is unlikely to lessen anger among critics of the Obama administration, should the claims prove true.

There have already been rallies on the streets of America condemning the agreement, with young men and women holding placards reading 'Don't trust Iran' and 'No to terrorist Khameni'.

Conservatives in both Iran and the U.S. see one another as a sworn enemy and a deal struck during months of nuclear negotiations is unlikely to change generations-old differences.

While many in the States argue that Iran repeatedly breaks its promises, anti-U.S. sentiment in Iran remains high, with the famous 'Death to America' chant still frequently heard.

Celebrations: Jubilant Iranians sing and wave Iran flags during street celebrations following the landmark nuclear deal earlier this week

Changes: The agreement requires Iran to dismantle key elements of its nuclear program, lower its uranium enrichment levels, and give up thousands of centrifuges, in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is well-known for his anti-Western stance

The news comes as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, stepped up his defence of a nuclear deal under attack by Iran's conservatives, saying the historic agreement with world powers was 'more valuable' than a domestic debate about its fine details.

The elite Revolutionary Guards, a powerful political and military force, has started to attack the deal as endangering Iran's security and have also hit out at a U.N. Security Council resolution passed on Monday endorsing it.

In remarks that will be seen as admonishing critics of the accord, Rouhani said in a televised speech: 'Now they are scrutinising one by one the terms of the deal reached in Vienna and the UN Security Council's resolution 2231.

'That's good but what has happened is more valuable and more significant than that,' he told a medical conference in Tehran.

'How can one be an Iranian and not cheer for our negotiating team?' Rouhani added referring to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, both of whom were present for Rouhani's speech.

Rouhani argued that the deal reflected the nation's will and suggested that blocking the accord would ignore what the people had asked for when they elected him to office in 2013.

'This is a new page in history. It didn't happen when we reached the deal in Vienna on July 14, it happened on 4th of August 2013 when the Iranians elected me as their president.'

'Disturbed': U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has admitted that he was 'disturbed' by anti-American rhetoric from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following last week's nuclear deal

Negotiator: Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with Hossein Fereydoun, the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (center), and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (right), before announcing the historic deal

Rouhani and U.S. President Barack Obama both have to win support for the nuclear accord from hardliners at home.

In the case of Iran, the deal must get final acceptance from the National Security Council and ultimately from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's highest authority. He has withheld final judgment, thanking the negotiators while saying the text must still be scrutinised and approved.

Yesterday Kerry admitted that he was 'disturbed' by a fiery anti-American speech made by Iran's supreme leader, following a successful nuclear deal.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the highest authority in Iran, told supporters that despite the deal Iran's 'policy towards the arrogant U.S. will not change' in a speech on Saturday.

Mr Kerry admitted in an interview with al-Arabiya News: 'If it is the policy, it's very disturbing, it's very troubling, and we'll have to wait and see.

'I do know that often comments are made publicly and things can evolve that are different,' he added, emphasizing that he did not see the speech as a threat to the deal itself.

The controversial nuclear deal struck between the two countries last week sparked fierce debate in both the Iranian parliament and U.S. congress.