LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The United States, Iran and five other world powers on Thursday announced an understanding outlining limits on Iran’s nuclearprogram so it cannot lead to atomic weapons, directing negotiators toward achieving a comprehensive agreement within three months.
Reading out a joint statement, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said a “decisive step” after more than a decade of negotiations had been achieved. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif followed with the same statement in Farsi. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the top diplomats of Britain, France and Germany also briefly took the stage behind them.
In a tweet, Kerry said there was an agreement “to resolve major issues on nuclear program. Back to work soon on a final deal.”
Mogherini said the seven nations would now start writing the text of a final accord. She cited several agreed-upon restrictions on Iran’s enrichment of material that can be used either for energy production or in nuclear warheads. She said Iran won’t produce weapons-grade plutonium.
Crucially for the Iranians, economic sanctions related to its nuclear programs are to be rolled back after the U.N. nuclear agency confirms compliance.
Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
It’s sounding very good so far. The President will be speaking in a few minutes,
I hope this is another poke in the eye of the people who have disrespected this President
I love my President
Oh and PS and BTW - Fuck you Bibi Netanyahu
Cotton is used at the end of a q-tip, right? Maybe a certain congressman should use Cotton to clean out his ears and listen to the sounds of actual progress being made.
OMG it’s a framework! Or as Netanyahu would call it “the end of the world as we know it.”
Why isn’t TPM carrying this very important speech by the President? Josh??
I think this will be all the justification Bibi needs for a pre-emptive nuclear strike against Iran. Israeli war rhetoric will ramp up very rapidly, now.