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Obama on the nuclear deal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHva6qbw5As
Zarif, Mogherini joint statement from Vienna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76JtQ_qPx04
Netanyahu blasts Iran deal: http://www.politico.eu/article/netanyahu-blasts-iran-deal-historic-mistake/
13 charts and maps that make the Iran deal a little easier to understand: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-the-iran-deal-a-little-easier-to-understand/
US & European companies eye Iranian markets: http://www.wsj.com/articles/western-companies-eye-iranian-markets-in-deal-s-wake-1436878433
Oil prices plunge amid official deal: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/247793-oil-prices-drop-after-iran-deal

Hooray for diplomacy!

After two weeks of negotiations, four deadline extensions and a night of marathon discussions, Iran and the six world powers will declare a historic nuclear deal in a matter of hours.

Iranian and Western diplomats confirmed Tuesday morning that a formal agreement been reached. At 11:30 A.M. Israel time, the foreign ministers of Iran, the EU, U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany will hold a concluding session at the United Nations headquarters in Vienna, and will then announce they have reached an agreement. Iran's Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and EU's Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini are expected to read a joint statement on the highlights of the agreement. The Iranian delegation and representatives of the six world powers will then hold separate press conferences.

The 500-page nuclear deal contains five schedules pertaining to each key component, which will be published shortly after the announcement made by Zarif and Mogherini. An Iranian diplomat said Tuesday that Iran and six major powers have reached a historic nuclear deal which will grant Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program.

"All the hard work has paid off and we sealed a deal. God bless our people," the diplomat told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Another Iranian official confirmed the agreement.

Reuters reported details of the final deal late Monday night, under which Iran agreed to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to enter any suspicious Iran facility, including military bases, to verify that no unauthorized nuclear activity exists. However, the inspectors' visits will be coordinated in consultation with Iran and the world powers.

According to the report, Iran's willingness to expose past military nuclear activity to the IAEA will be a condition for the removal of some international sanctions. Iran has pledged to provide UN inspectors answers to any suspicions concerning their military program by the end of 2015.

Further, Iran agreed to allow inspectors to visit the Parchin military base, where Iran is suspected to have experimented with nuclear weapon production. UN inspectors will be allowed to collect information and evidence from Iranian nuclear scientists during this visit. The Associated Press reported that Iran would have the right to challenge UN requests to send inspectors to suspicious sites. In these cases, an arbitration board composed of Iran and the powers would decide on the issue.

The Reuters report also said that if the deal is agreed, a UN Security Council resolution on it would ideally be adopted in July and the steps to be taken by both sides - including Iranian limitations on its nuclear program and relief from sanctions on Iran - will begin in the first half of 2016.

Iran's demand for complete lifting of an arms embargo - which would enable them to acquire, sell and provide weapons without any restriction - was one of the controversial points delaying the announcement of an agreement. Russia and China, considered the major arms suppliers to Iran, support this demand. However, the U.S. firmly opposes this due to fears that a lifted embargo would legitimize Iran supplying weapons to the Assad regime in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The U.S. has made it clear that they would be willing to temporarily and gradually lift the embargo for a few years, depending on the successful application of the nuclear deal.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.665913

The previous three pathways occur at facilities that Iran has declared. But what if they try to build a nuclear program in secret? That’s why this deal is so important. Under the new nuclear deal, Iran has committed to extraordinary and robust monitoring, verification, and inspection. International inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will not only be continuously monitoring every element of Iran’s declared nuclear program, but they will also be verifying that no fissile material is covertly carted off to a secret location to build a bomb. And if IAEA inspectors become aware of a suspicious location, Iran has agreed to implement the Additional Protocol to their IAEA Safeguards Agreement, which will allow inspectors to access and inspect any site they deem suspicious. Such suspicions can be triggered by holes in the ground that could be uranium mines, intelligence reports, unexplained purchases, or isotope alarms.

Basically, from the minute materials that could be used for a weapon comes out of the ground to the minute it is shipped out of the country, the IAEA will have eyes on it and anywhere Iran could try and take it:

This deal removes the key elements needed to create a bomb and prolongs Iran’s breakout time from 2-3 months to 1 year or more if Iran broke its commitments. Importantly, Iran won’t garner any new sanctions relief until the IAEA confirms that Iran has followed through with its end of the deal. And should Iran violate any aspect of this deal, the U.N., U.S., and E.U. can snap the sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy back into place.

 

[PopeReal]

I didn't expect this. Huge news.

 

[orochi91]

I feel that Iran may have given up a bit too much in this deal.

They should never have signed onto the NPT years ago.

I want to see sanctions and the UN security council go after Israel next; they should not be allowed to operate rogue nuclear facilities.

 

[Trey]

Sounds like we'll be revisiting this arms embargo provision extremely soon.

 

[xbhaskarx]

One of the more controversial provisions of the deal was the US and EU agreeing to ban the sale of these t-shirts:

Spoiler

Great, now can these countries all work together to destroy ISIS?

 

[m3k]

Its a start!

 

[Des0lar]

What's the reaction in Isreal? End times are coming?

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Good for Iran! Israel will probably be salty though.

 

[T'Zariah]

Good for Iran! Israel will probably be salty though.

I can't wait for their salty ass tears.

 

[Drencrom]

Great news! Hopefully this and other future endeavours can bring stability to the middle east.

 

[devilhawk]

We got one reply before a "but Israel has nukes." That's faster than I expected, haha.

Some good diplomacy was done here. Hopefully Iran sticks to their word. Ending sanctions, improving and modernizing Iran might be the best way to remove the regime from within, all but a bit more slowly.

 

[Jonm1010]

Great news!

 

[Chichikov]

What's the reaction in Isreal? End times are coming?

Israel was condemning it before it was signed or they knew the details (for real).
There are only few responses so far, here's what I got -

The minister of sports (whose stupidity is astounding) -
"The fact that they celebrated in Tehran tells you it's a bad deal for the free world, bad for the human race. Now is the time to close ranks in Israel and launch a PR campaign on the American public. It is not over and congress is not ready to approve a surrounded deal of the west with a terror country".


I'll have more when they come.

 

[Walpurgis]

 

[GnawtyDog]

I am here for the salt mostly - which will undoubtedly follow in the next 24 hrs.

But it's nice to salivate peace in the air. Diplomacy works folks.

 

[Syph Medwes]

I'm sure this red line will work eh

 

[Damaniel]

Good for Iran! Israel will probably be salty though.

Let them. On top of that, the international community should be demanding that we inspect Israel's nuclear facilities. They can claim they're not a nuclear power all day long, but that doesn't make it so...

Oh, and the republican salt will be especially tasty. Obama is cementing his legacy in spite of the GOP's attempts to undermine him at every turn.

 

[orochi91]

Let them. On top of that, the international community should be demanding that we inspect Israel's nuclear facilities. They can claim they're not a nuclear power all day long, but that doesn't make it so...

Oh, and the republican salt will be especially tasty. Obama is cementing his legacy in spite of the GOP's attempts to undermine him at every turn.

+1

Well said.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Let them. On top of that, the international community should be demanding that we inspect Israel's nuclear facilities. They can claim they're not a nuclear power all day long, but that doesn't make it so...

Oh yeah, and what about India and Pakistan then? How come everyone is mentioning Israel and not those other two?

 

[MisterFalcon]

The people of Syria will be glad. With Iran exporting oil there won't be as much barrels left for Assad to fill with dynamite and shrapnel to be dropped on their heads.

 

[Dryk]

We got one reply before a "but Israel has nukes." That's faster than I expected, haha.

Some good diplomacy was done here. Hopefully Iran sticks to their word. Ending sanctions, improving and modernizing Iran might be the best way to remove the regime from within, all but a bit more slowly.

As much as it seems to suck on the surface the slow approach will probably work a lot better than the fast one.

 

[Walpurgis]

Oh yeah, and what about India and Pakistan then? How come everyone is mentioning Israel and not those other two?

I think it's because countries are going hard on Iran because of Israel. No one gives a crap about Pakistan and India. Iran is more stable than Pakistan anyway, imo.

 

[Jb]

This should be good news for the iranian people and the rest of the world

 

[Laughing Banana]

Good.

Now let's see if the... uhm, usual suspects, would object to this as well

 

[orochi91]

Oh yeah, and what about India and Pakistan then? How come everyone is mentioning Israel and not those other two?

Inspect/sanction them as well, if the need arises.

Not sure about North Korea though :/

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Oh yeah, and what about India and Pakistan then? How come everyone is mentioning Israel and not those other two?

India and Pakistan have a nice little mini-MAD going on between each other which has thus far done a very good job of keeping their nuclear weapons under control.

The bigger issue is if Islamists somehow manage to hijack or steal a Pakistani nuke, then we're looking at a The Sum of All Fears scenario.

 

[GavinGT]

Can someone tell me what this is about? Nuclear weapons or nuclear power?

Is the agreement for Iran to lessen its nuclear activity or allow them to increase it?

 

[SolarPowered]

Thanks Obama

 

[MMarston]

Learn 2 diagram

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Looks good. Thanks international community, John Kerry, and Obama.

 

[CTLance]

Fuggen finally.

Not sure whether the agreement is any good (mostly since we don't know the details), but it's great that they finally agreed on something. We can build on that.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Inspect/sanction them as well.

Not sure about North Korea though :/

Why not? Pakistan, India, and Israel are going to allow nuclear inspections but North Korea, that's just unrealistic.. lol.

 

[Mac_Lane]

That's a huge moment, incredible achievement for the Obama administration.

I just hope the Republicans won't fuck it up.

 

[orochi91]

Why not? Pakistan, India, and Israel are going to allow nuclear inspections but North Korea, that's just unrealistic.. lol.

India/Pakistan/Israel can be brought to the negotiation table through sanctions; they have much to lose economically should that happen.

North Korea can't really be threatened with sanctions since they are already isolated from the global economy.

 

[Fox Mulder]

That's a huge moment, incredible achievement for the Obama administration.

I just hope the Republicans won't fuck it up.

That or Iran holding to the deal once they get some relief from sanctions.

 

[Stereogatari]

The Persians already have a saying for this:

Doshman-e daanaa beh az naadaan duust.

A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.

 

[AnathemicOne]

Can't wait for all that Israel salt

 

[Joni]

Oh yeah, and what about India and Pakistan then? How come everyone is mentioning Israel and not those other two?

India and Pakistan have never denied having nukes, they have openly stated so. They just disagree with the fact they aren't allowed to have them because they only tested them after 1967. They also have allowed IAEA visits, unlike Israel which is only checked by an exclusively US delegation.

 

[MonsterHunter]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...clear-talks-deal-historic-vienna-live-updates

livestream

 

[Sijil]

Hmm salty Israel is all over the news here, everyone laughing at them.

Good for Iran too, they managed to defy the French who were looking to enforce conventional ballistic weapons restrictions within the deal.

 

[GnawtyDog]

 

[B-Dubs]

The sad part is I could totally see Bibi doing this. I've never seen a dude want to blow up another country as bad as he wants to blow up Iran before.

 

[BlackLagoon]

Can someone tell me what this is about? Nuclear weapons or nuclear power?

Is the agreement for Iran to lessen its nuclear activity or allow them to increase it?

It allows Iran to have a peaceful nuclear program while providing the international community enough documentation and insight into the process to verify that they're not secretly building a nuclear bomb.

 

[Chichikov]

The sad part is I could totally see Bibi doing this. I've never seen a dude want to blow up another country as bad as he wants to blow up Iran before.

He's a spineless pussy, he would do nothing with Iran, just talk big.
In any case, Iran was never the point, Iran is merely a distraction so that people vote for him and not notice how he fleece the country on behalf of his oligarch buddies.

 

[B-Dubs]

He's a spineless pussy, he would do nothing with Iran, just talk big.
In any case, Iran was never the point, Iran is merely a distraction so that people vote for him and not notice how he fleece the country on behalf of his oligarch buddies.

Dude's been trying to get us to blow up Iran, with the same damn reasoning, since 92. While you're probably right, he's still been trying really fucking hard to get us to blow them up for over 20 years now. That's some fucking crazy shit.

 

[MisterFalcon]

India and Pakistan have never denied having nukes, they have openly stated so. They just disagree with the fact they aren't allowed to have them because they only tested them after 1967. They also have allowed IAEA visits, unlike Israel which is only checked by an exclusively US delegation.

IAEA inspectors cannot visit Indian or Pakistani military installations and guess where the nuclear weapons production takes place ? Of course they are welcome to inspect civil nuclear installations that do produce HEU or plutonium.

 

[Chichikov]

Dude's been trying to get us to blow up Iran, with the same damn reasoning, since 92. While you're probably right, he's still been trying really fucking hard to get us to blow them up for over 20 years now. That's some fucking crazy shit.

Oh, he definitely has the balls to have American kids die in Iran. Just like he was brave enough to advocate the US going into Iraq.

But he won't attack Iran.

 

[B-Dubs]

Oh, he definitely has the balls to have American kids die in Iran. Just like he was brave enough to advocate the US going into Iraq.

But he won't attack Iran.

Oh of course he won't, that's a given. He's just got a real hard on for trying to get us to do it.

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

This guy....

"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," the premier said.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Po...-a-bad-mistake-of-historic-proportions-408895

 

[norinrad]

I feel that Iran may have given up a bit too much in this deal.

They should never have signed onto the NPT years ago.

I want to see sanctions and the UN security council go after Israel next; they should not be allowed to operate rogue nuclear facilities.

Not really, the Ayatollah's are pretty much aware the people will come for them eventually as they Iranian people have suffered enough.

This is good news all around. Trump isn't going to like this at all