Chester da Horse
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USA Today
"Sanctions
RESULT: Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday "relief of sanctions will only start when Tehran has met the commitments of this nuclear agreement," including the removal and destruction of the Arak nuclear reactor core, and shipping uranium stockpiles abroad. Then sanctions relief will begin in stages, Kerry said. A U.N. weapons embargo will remain in place for five years.
Uranium Enrichment
RESULT: Iran's 20,000 installed enrichment machines, including 10,000 that were running in 2013, will be reduced to about 5,000 for 10 years, while research and development on more efficient machines will be limited.
Iran agreed to dilute or convert its entire stockpile of medium-enriched uranium into another form that would be monitored by international inspectors, and to ship its stockpile of low enriched uranium to another country.
Iran agreed to repurpose the Fordow facility to isotope production and nuclear research rather than uranium enrichment, Kerry said Tuesday. The same process can also be used to enrich uranium. Hundreds of uranium enrichment machines in Fordow will be idled but not dismantled.
Iran agreed to remove and destroy the core of the Arak reactor, Kerry said. Iran also agreed not to build a plutonium reprocessing plant, and to convert Arak "so it could only be used for peaceful purposes.
Inspections
RESULT: The deal allows inspectors to access "any site they deem suspicious," according to a fact sheet released by the White House. Iranian objections to some visits will be handled through a dispute settlement process, according to the agreement. International monitoring will cover Iran's entire uranium supply chain, including mines, processing and enrichment facilities, reactors and spent fuel, Obama said.
Suspected Weapons Research
RESULT: Before heading to Vienna for the last round of talks, Kerry said the United States already knows with certainty what Iran did in the past and that a full accounting is less important than monitoring what it does in the future.
On Tuesday, Kerry said the IAEA signed an agreement with Iran to resolve its outstanding questions within three months. Sanctions relief will not occur until that investigation is complete, Kerry said. It's not clear how exhaustive the IAEA report will be.
Duration
THE RESULT: Iran agreed to limit uranium enrichment and ship its uranium fuel overseas for 10 years. It agreed to a 15-year ban on processing fuel that is close to being bomb grade, conducting uranium research outside of one processing facility, building new heavy water reactors and accumulating fuel stockpiles greater than 200 lbs. IAEA inspectors will have full access to Iran's nuclear program for 15 years, and some access "forever," according to the State Department."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/07/14/iran-deal-what-each-won-and-lost/30062147/
NPR
"1. It Would Curb Iran's Nuclear Programs
2. But It Still Allows Iran To Continue Enrichment
3. The U.S. Says The Deal Makes An Iranian Nuclear Bomb More Difficult
4. If Iran Doesn't Comply, Sanctions Can Return
5. It Sets Up A Comprehensive Inspections Regime
6. Congress Has To Approve The Deal"
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...s-you-should-know-about-the-iran-nuclear-deal
CNN
"The essential idea behind the deal is that in exchange for limits on its nuclear activities, Iran would get relief from sanctions while being allowed to continue its atomic program for peaceful purposes."
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/14/politics/iran-nuclear-deal/
The Guardian
"At its core, the joint comprehensive plan of action (JCPOA) is a straightforward bargain: Iran’s acceptance of strict limits on its nuclear programme in return for escape from the forest of sanctions that has grown up around its economy over the last decade. In addition, Iran would have to accept extensive monitoring and cooperate with an inquiry looking into evidence of past work on nuclear warhead design."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/14/iran-nuclear-deal-key-points
..aaand, FOX News..
"The newly announced Iran nuclear deal and the negotiations leading up to it already are fueling an all-but-declared nuclear arms race in the Middle East, according to current and former government officials who say the situation also creates an opening for Russia to exert more influence in the region. "
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...l-fuels-middle-east-arms-race-boosts-russias/
Must be the liberal media spin on it..
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