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 Significantly this year , the anniversary of the victory of our Islamic Revolution has coincided with another victory for the Iranian nation and government in the international scene . This new achievement is the success of our government to manage and conclude one of the most complicated diplomatic crisis of this decade which was the Iran nuclear program dossier . Iran succeeded to reach a historical nuclear accord with six world power , turning the Iran nuclear program from an unnecessary crisis into a platform for cooperation . By putting some limitations on its nuclear activities and accepting the highest level of transparency and inspection on its nuclear program , Iran once again demonstrated clearly that never ever intended to build atomic bomb . 
 Ambassador Hassan Taherian of Iran ( third from left ) cuts the celebration cake with Ambassador Hong Jong - Kyung of Gyeongsangbuk - do Province for International Relations and Minister Chung Chin - youb of Health and Welfare ( left and second from left ) , Chairman Lee Hae - dong of Busan Metropolitan council , President & CEO Cho Jung - rae of Korea National Oil Corp . and CEO Jeon Sang - heon of Chungbuk Free Economic Zone Authority ( fourth to sixth from left ) 
 Ambassador Hassan Taherian of Iran and Minister Chung Chin - youb of Health and Welfare ( seventh and eighth from right , respectively , at front row ) pose with the ambassadors at the reception 
 Ambassadors Mohammad Saleem Sayeb of Afghanistan , Derragui Mohammed Elamine of Algeria , Albino Malungo of Angola , Elisabeth Bertagnoli of Austria , Ramzi Teymurov of Azerbaijan , Md . Zulfiqur Rahman of Bangladesh , Natallia Jhylevich of Belarus , Guadalupe Palomeque de Taboada of Bolivia , Dato Paduka Haji Modh Rosli Bin Haji Sabtu of Brunei Darussalam , Petar Andonov of Bulgaria , Tito Saul Pinilla Pinilla of Colombia , Rodolfo Solanco Quiros of Costa Rica , Sylvestre Kouassi Bile of Cote d ' Ivoire , Grecia Fiodalicia Pichardo of Dominican Republic , Oscar Gustavo Herrera Gilbert of Ecuador , Milton Alcides Magana Herrera of El Salvador , Gerhard SABATHIL of Delegation of The Europan Union , Matti Heimonen of Finland , Carlos Victor Boungou of Gabon , Rolf Mafael of Germany , Nikoloz Apkhazava of Georgia , Gabor Csaba of Hungary , Vikram Kumar Doraiswami of India , Bessho Koro of Japan , Omar Al Nahar of Jordan , Mohammed Chraibi of Morocco , Dato Rohana binti Ramli of Malaysia , Mohamed Salim Alharthy of Oman , Zahid Nasrulah Khan of Pakistan , Irineo Raul Silvero Silvagni of Paraguay , Raul S . Hernandez of the Philippines , Krzysztof Majka of Poland , Calin Fabian of Romania , Alexander Andreevich Tomonin of Russia , Mamadou Ndiaye of Senegal , Zoran Kazazovic of Serbia , Milan Lajciak of Slovak Republic , Nozuko Gloria Bam of South Africa , Gonzalo Ortiz Diaz - Tortosa of Spain , Niroshani Manisha Dias Abeywickrema Gunasekera of Sri Lanka , Joerg Alois Reding of Switzerland , Kiromov Salohiddin of Tajikistan ( CDA ) , Mohamed Ali Nafti of Tunisia , Hakan Okcal of Turkey , Andrea Veronica Bais Gastaldi ( CDA ) of Uruguay , Botirjon Asadov of Uzbekistan , Ms . Yadira Hidalgo de Ortiz of Venezuela ( CDA ) , Mumba Smyth Kapumpa of Zambia 
 Chairman & CEO B . S . Park of Korea Registry of Shipping , President & CEO Cho Jung - rae of Korea National Oil Corp . , General Manager Son Jin - seck of Daewoo Shipping & Marine Engineering , President Sohn Myong - sei of Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service , Chairman Cho Hae - hyeong of Nara Holdings Corp . , Head of Team Lim Tae - hoon of Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries , Vice President Heo , Sun - haeng of GS E & C , President & Chief Executive / Civil & Infra Lee , Sahng - ki of GS E & C / Seoul , President Kim , Kwang - min of Union Flow Control System Group , Director Kim , Jae jeong of Ministry of Land , Infrastructure and Transportation , CEO Jeon , Sang - heon of Chungbuk Free Economic Zone Authority , Chairman & CEO Shin , Jae Hyun of West Aisa Economic Forum , Vice President Kim , Young ho of KCC , President Lee , Young chan of Korea Health Industry Development Institute , President Sung , Nak - in of Seoul National Univeristy , CEO Park , No hwang of The Yonhap News Agency , Director Joon Lee of LOTTE Engineering & Construction , Director General Hwang , Hyeon - gyu of KHIDI , CEO Kim , Jae - sik of Hyundai Development Co . , Director Lee Kap - soo of Korea Times , President Lee Jin - sook of MBC , Daejeon , President & CEO Kim , Jae - sik of Hyundai Development Company , President Choi , Du - youlof FTE ( Fluid Thermal Engineering ) , Vice President Lee , Soo - yeon of DAELIM , Executive Vice President Yun , Won - sok of KOTRA , Director General Park , Young - sik of Ministry of Health & Welfare , Chairman Lee , Hae - dong of BUSAN METROPOLITAN COUNCIL , Director General Lee Sang - jin of Ministry of Trade Industry & Energy 
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 Choco Pie Revolution 
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