BREAKING NEWS: U.S., Iran Agree To Nuclear Deal
VIENNA, AUSTRIA – July 14, 2015 (Gephardt Daily & UPI) –
After 20 long months of negotiations, the western allies and Iran have reached an eleventh hour deal securing an agreement to reign in Iran’s nuclear program.
Word of the last minute compromise comes from multiple diplomatic sources after a marathon negotiating session between Iran, the United States, France, Britain, China, Russia and Germany.
While full details of the agreement have not yet been disclosed, it reportedly allows United Nations inspectors extensive but not automatic access to nuclear sites within Iran. The work to form an agreement between the world powers — the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Russia, Germany — and Iran has been ongoing for some 12 years and possibly marks a new era in relations between the Middle East and the west.
Iran’s foreign ministers called the agreement “historic” and said it opens a “new chapter of hope.” But Israeli officials said the agreement is flawed, saying Iran can not be trusted. On Twitter, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “Iran’s increasing aggression is more dangerous than that of ISIS, and the true goal of this aggression in the end is to take over the world.”
“Iran is going to receive a sure path to nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu said before a meeting in Jerusalem. “Iran will get a jackpot, a cash bonanza of hundreds of billions of dollars, which will enable it to continue to pursue its aggression and terror in the region and in the world. This is a bad mistake of historic proportions.”
A formal announcement is expected at a press conference midday in Vienna after a final meeting. Later today, President Barack Obama and his Iranian counterpart,Hassan Rouhani, will make statements.
Leaders of Western nations say the ongoing negotiations were the best way to rid Iran of access to nuclear weaponry. Iran has been eager to eliminate crippling economic sanctions that have been squeezing its economy.
Once signed, Congress has 60 days to review the accord, giving opponents plenty of time to pick apart details and challenge the Obama administration’s position. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well will have to fend off hardliners suspicious of any agreement with the U.S.
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