The move came afterwards the all-embracing nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, said Iran had complied with a accord advised to anticipate it developing nuclear weapons.
Most Western governments hailed the move but Israel accused Tehran of still gluttonous to body a nuclear bomb.
Four US prisoners freed by Iran on Saturday accept now larboard the country.
Washington Post anchorman Jason Rezaian, arrested in 2014 and confined in November for espionage, larboard on a even forth with three added Iranian-American prisoners as allotment of a bandy with Washington, the cardboard said.
"Without an adapted acknowledgment to every violation, Iran will realise it can abide to advance nuclear weapons, destabilise the arena and advance terror," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
US Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said the Obama administering had confused to lift bread-and-butter sanctions "on the world's arch accompaniment sponsor of terrorism".
Nuclear sanctions accept been in abode aback 2006, on top of added sanctions addition aback decades:
The bread-and-butter sanctions getting aerial now were imposed progressively by the US, EU and UN in acknowledgment to Iran's nuclear programme
The EU is appropriation in abounding restrictions on trade, shipment and insurance
The US is suspending, not terminating, its nuclear-related sanctions; crucially, Iran can now reconnect to the all-around cyberbanking system
The UN is appropriation sanctions accompanying to defence and nuclear technology sales, as able-bodied as an asset benumb on key individuals and companies
Non-nuclear US bread-and-butter sanctions abide in place, conspicuously the ban on US citizens and companies trading with Iran, and US and EU sanctions on Iranians accused of allotment agitation abide in place
A flurry of Iranian bread-and-butter action is anticipated:
Nearly $100bn (£70bn) of Iranian assets are getting unlocked
Iran is accepted to access its circadian consign of 1.1m barrels of awkward oil by 500,000 shortly, and a added 500,000 thereafter
Iran is reportedly assertive to buy 114 new commuter planes from the Airbus consortium
UN, US and EU sanctions accept hit Iran harder for years.
Mr Rouhani said anybody was blessed with the deal, afar from those he declared as warmongers in the arena - Israel and hardliners in the US Congress.
"We Iranians accept accomplished out to the apple in a assurance of friendliness, and abrogation abaft the enmities, suspicions and plots, accept opened a new affiliate in the relations of Iran with the world," he said in a account to the nation on Sunday morning.
The appropriation of sanctions was "a axis point" for Iran's economy, he added, adage the country bare to be beneath codicillary on oil revenues.The anticipation of Iran acceleration its awkward oil exports has contributed to the continuing abatement in the oil price. Benchmark Brent awkward bankrupt beneath $29 (£20.3) on Friday.
Share prices in Saudi Arabia, the Arab world's better banal market, fell added than 6% afterward the appropriation of sanctions. Markets Qatar and Dubai aswell opened down 6% on Sunday.
EU adopted action arch Federica Mogherini said Iran's acquiescence and the appropriation of sanctions would accord to bigger bounded and all-embracing accord and security.
Yukiya Amano, the arch of the IAEA, will appointment Tehran on Sunday for talks on how to abide ecology Iran's nuclear programme.
The IAEA said it had installed a accessory at the Natanz bulb to adviser Iran's uranium accessory activities in absolute time, in adjustment to verify that uranium accessory levels were kept at up to 3.67% as agreed in the accord with apple powers.
As allotment of the deal, Iran had to acutely abate its amount of centrifuges and annihilate a heavy-water reactor abreast the boondocks of Arak, both of which could be acclimated in creating nuclear weapons.
The US offered charity to seven Iranians getting captivated in the US for sanctions violation.
A fifth American, Matthew Trevithick, was aswell appear on Saturday - but it was not allotment of the bandy deal.
Iran has consistently maintained its nuclear programme is peaceful, but opponents of the accord - such as some US Republicans - say it does not do abundant to ensure the country cannot advance a nuclear bomb.
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