The landmark deal struck among U.S., Iran and other world powers to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for lifting crushing sanctions has been a long time in the making. After nearly a decade of international, intercontinental failed diplomacy, during which time “Iran’s nascent nuclear program expanded into one that Western intelligence agencies saw as only a couple months away from weapons capability”, (with U.S. and Israel both threatening possible military responses) President Obama, John Kerry, and other world leaders have hammered out a deal, not without concerns, but one coming from “a position of strength and principal”. Iranian leaders, backed by Russia and China, have insisted the embargos had to end as their forces combat regional scourges such as ISIS. Iran currently has enough material to produce ten nuclear weapons, but the agreement ensures inspection teams be put in place, 2/3 of Iran’s centrifuges be removed, as well as 98 percent of its enriched uranium and plutonium. The sanctions, which are to be lifted in stages over the next decade, (unfreezing Iran’s assets overseas) will “snap back into place”, said President Obama, if Iran violates any part of the U.N. nuclear non-proliferation treaty. “The deal is NOT based on trust, but inspections!”
Jul 16 2015
What do you think of the newly announced agreement dealing with Iran’s nuclear production?
The landmark deal struck among U.S., Iran and other world powers to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for lifting crushing sanctions has been a long time in the making. After nearly a decade of international, intercontinental failed diplomacy, during which time “Iran’s nascent nuclear program expanded into one that Western intelligence agencies saw as only a couple months away from weapons capability”, (with U.S. and Israel both threatening possible military responses) President Obama, John Kerry, and other world leaders have hammered out a deal, not without concerns, but one coming from “a position of strength and principal”. Iranian leaders, backed by Russia and China, have insisted the embargos had to end as their forces combat regional scourges such as ISIS. Iran currently has enough material to produce ten nuclear weapons, but the agreement ensures inspection teams be put in place, 2/3 of Iran’s centrifuges be removed, as well as 98 percent of its enriched uranium and plutonium. The sanctions, which are to be lifted in stages over the next decade, (unfreezing Iran’s assets overseas) will “snap back into place”, said President Obama, if Iran violates any part of the U.N. nuclear non-proliferation treaty. “The deal is NOT based on trust, but inspections!”
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