UN, EU endorse Iran nuke deal, pave way to lift sanctions Monday July 20,2015

 

Iran  Nuclear deal picked up critical endorsements on Monday July 20,2015 from the UN Security Council and the European Union that may likely force skeptics in the US to reconsider.

The UN Security Council voted unanimously to end sanctions imposed on Iran starting December 2006 to stop its nuclear weapons programme. The sanctions will go in 90 days.

The European Union endorsed the deal earlier in a vote in Brussels. But it’s likely to retain human rights-related sanctions and continue to not sell conventional weapons to Iran.

Though India supported and recognized only the UN-mandated sanctions, it was forced to toe the line on the rest with the US threatening to block dissenters from its financial system.

Iran agreed to long-term restrictions on its nuclear programme in return for lifting of US, UN, and EU sanctions in an agreement with P5+1(China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States; plus Germany)in Vienna,Austria on July 14,2015

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, from left, pose for a group photo following talks with Iran on their nuclear program in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 14, 2015

 

For the deal to work, all three sets of sanctions must go.

The US sanctions, some of which were mandated by its congress, may prove to be the most difficult to sunset given Republican opposition to the deal here.

They control both chamber of congress, which has 60 days to review the deal and approve it or vote it down, but its disapproval needs two-third support to carry.

For the world powers to begin rolling back sanctions, the International Atomic Energy Agency must inspect Iran’s nuclear facilities and certify it has taken the required steps.

Once the process starts, all seven previous resolutions of the Security Council that mandated the sanctions will be ended and measures under the Monday July 20,2015 resolution will take effect.