Iran's Nuclear Deal Sunday Nov 24,2013

From left, Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius greet each other and shake hands at the United Nations Palais, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland, at the Iran nuclear talks

A historic deal between the representatives of the so-called P5+1 group of nations - the US, the UK, Russia, China, France and Germany - reached an agreement with Iran on Sunday Nov 24,2013
British Foreign Secretary William Hague, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.

 


The agreement was announced in the middle of the night on Sunday Nov 24,2013 in Geneva after long and tortuous negotiations

Iran and six world powers clinched a deal on Sunday to curb the Iranian nuclear programme in exchange for initial sanctions relief, signalling the start of a game-changing rapprochement that would reduce the risk of a wider Middle East war

The interim pact between Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia won the critical endorsement of Iranian clerical Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (third from left) poses next to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (third from right) and the Iranian delegation in Geneva after a statement early on November 24 announcing the deal on Iran's nuclear program

 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaking in a press conference in Tehran after the nuclear deal between Iran and the six world powers was reached on November 24, 2013. - See more at: http://en.alalam.ir/news/1537677#sthash.Q8ouUhiQ.dpuf

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaking in a press conference in Tehran after the nuclear deal between Iran and the six world powers was reached on November 24, 2013. - See more at: http://en.alalam.ir/news/1537677#sthash.Q8ouUhiQ.dpuf

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani once again made his presence known on Twitter after an agreement was reached over Iran's nuclear program Sunday, retweeting the State Department and British Foreign Secretary William Hague before adding his own commentary.

The account, @HassanRouhani, has not been verified by Twitter but is believed to be the legitimate, English account of the Iranian leader and has more than 135,000 followers.
Late Saturday night, Rouhani retweeted the State Department's announcement on the agreement: "Agreement in Geneva: first step makes world safer. More work now. -JK #IranTalks"

The Deal 

• halts advances in Iran's nuclear programme, including construction of the Arak heavy-water reactor 
•  neutralise Iran's stockpile of uranium enriched to a fissile purity of 20 %, a higher-level stage nearing the threshold needed for a bomb 

• suspending enrichment above a concentration of 5 % - the level suitable for running nuclear power stations, which is Iran's stated purpose and

•  mandates more frequent U.N. nuclear inspections

What Iran will do

• Halt enrichment of uranium above 5% purity
• "Neutralise" its stockpile of near-20%-enriched uranium, either by diluting it to less than 5% or converting it to a form which cannot be further enriched
• Not install any more centrifuges (the machines used to enrich uranium)
• Leave half to three-quarters of centrifuges installed in Natanz and Fordo enrichment facilities inoperable
• Not build any more enrichment facilities
• Not increase its stockpile of 3.5% low-enriched uranium
• Halt work on the construction of its heavy-water reactor at Arak, not attempt to produce plutonium there
• Provide daily access to Natanz and Fordo sites to IAEA inspectors and access to other facilities, mines and mills
• Provide "long-sought" information on the Arak reactor and other data

What the P5+1 will do

• Provide "limited, temporary, targeted, and reversible [sanctions] relief"
• Not impose further nuclear-related sanctions if Iran meets its commitments
• Suspend certain sanctions on trade in gold and precious metals, Iran's automotive sector, and its petrochemical exports
• Licence safety-related repairs and inspections inside Iran for certain Iranian airlines
• Transfer $4.2bn to Iran in instalments from sales of its oil