Former foreign minister Kamal Kharazi, who is now the director of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, stressed the need for "increased resistance and alertness" in the process of drafting the text of the final nuclear deal. Kharazi made the remarks in a meeting between members of the council and the nuclear negotiators on Saturday, ISNA reported. He said, "What has been achieved so far is the result of the brave Iranian nation's resistance in the face of foreigners' bullying."