{"id":15617,"date":"2015-07-14T09:55:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T16:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15617"},"modified":"2015-07-14T09:55:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T16:55:49","slug":"obama-reaches-historic-deal-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/14\/obama-reaches-historic-deal-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Reaches Historic Deal with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll have a lot more to say about this, as time goes on, and I know more about the details of the deal reached.  From everything I can see so far, it appears that it includes all the safeguards we need to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.  This seems to be the best possible outcome.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0714ItanDeal\"A historic agreement Tuesday to limit Iran\u2019s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief will ensure Iran has no possibility to achieve rapid nuclear weapons \u201cbreakout\u201d capabilities for at least the next decade<\/strong>, U.S. leaders said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have stopped the spread of nuclear weapons in this region,\u201d said President Obama as he listed some of the pillars of the deal including international inspections, reductions in Iran\u2019s centrifuges used to make nuclear fuel and a sharp cut in Iran\u2019s stockpile of nuclear material<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe put sanctions in place to get a diplomatic solution, and that is what we have done . . . This deal offers an opportunity to move in a new direction. We should seize it,\u201d said Obama, noting the potentially tough review ahead in Congress.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State John F. Kerry described the deal as moving beyond a political framework reached three months ago, and said it met all U.S. requirements for blocking pathways to weapons development with strict inspections and provisions to snap sanctions back into place if Iran violates the rules.<\/p>\n

But he also raised the possibility it could also provide the platform for expanded diplomatic overtures between Iran and the United States \u2014 which cut ties shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Washington Post<\/a>><\/p>\n

I saw more of the details about the deal on Way Too Early<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n