TEHRAN: Diplomats said Friday that Iran needs to do more work regarding its nuclear deal with the US. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the potential agreement posed a “grave danger” to global security.

Iran said it would stand by a nuclear deal with world powers as President Hassan Rouhani promised it would open a “new page” in the country’s global ties.

Keen to win over domestic skeptics, Iran’s leaders pushed the merits of an agreement, with clerics touting its virtues. Under the outline deal, the United States and the European Union are to lift all nuclear-related sanctions on Iran once the UN atomic agency has verified that Tehran has stuck to its terms. All past UN nuclear resolutions on Iran would also be lifted, but diplomats have warned that sanctions can be re-imposed.

The framework agreement — reached Thursday after marathon talks in Switzerland — was hailed by world leaders as a major breakthrough in the 12-year standoff between Iran and the West, which has long feared Tehran wants to build a nuclear bomb.

In a live televised address, Rouhani said it could mark a turning point for the Islamic republic’s relations with the rest of the world.

“If the other side honors its promises, we will honor our promises,” he said.

“New cooperation with the world — both in the nuclear sphere and other areas — will open a new page” for Iran, he said.

The Islamic republic’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who will have the final say on any deal, has not yet reacted to Thursday’s announcement. But the proposed agreement could still face opposition from Iranian hard-liners against making any concessions limiting the country’s nuclear program.