Posted: Posted August 1, 2021 / 3:21 am CDT / Has been updated: August 1, 2021 / 3:21 am CDT

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) —Sunday Iran’s retired president told the public during his eight-year tenure as his country was preparing to resign in his signature nuclear deal. The power of the world of tension between the tatters and the West, who admitted that they did not convey part.

President Hassan Rouhani’s comments aired on state television have seen his government officials reckless in recent months in a series of crises ranging from a coronavirus pandemic to a drought that fueled public protests. I will come sometimes.

Rouhani’s remarks appeared just days ago to receive a lecture from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hamenei about the failure of nuclear negotiations, with the aim of acknowledging the problems his government faced in decline. .. Hamenei’s disciple, President-elect Ebrahim Raisi, will take office on Thursday.

“What we told people wasn’t unrealistic, but we didn’t tell people some of the truth,” Rouhani said at his last cabinet meeting as president. rice field. “I was worried that it would hurt the unity of the people because it didn’t help.”

He didn’t elaborate on what his remarks meant. However, during his tenure, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Corps accidentally shot down a civilian airliner in January 2020, killing 176 people. The government refused to allow days before Western nations expressed suspicion.

Rouhani, who is relatively moderate in Iran’s theocracy, claimed that he and his officials did their best.

“If there is a flaw, we apologize to the people and ask for forgiveness and mercy,” Rouhani said.

He pointed out the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, in which Iran agreed to limit uranium enrichment in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. But after then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the United States from the deal in May 2018, the deal is now tattered.

Rouhani blamed many of Iran’s current problems for Trump’s decision to see the value of the Islamic republic’s real currency plunge. The president said Iran had plans to upgrade its troops after the expiration of the UN arms embargo in October 2020, but could not because of financial difficulties.

“I didn’t have the money to buy because there were no sanctions and no oil sales, but the deal is completely ready,” he said.