The United States, Iran and five other world powers announced the outlines of a critical interim deal aimed at containing Tehran’s capacity to develop nuclear weapons, ending an exhausting stretch of overnight negotiations.
The broad outlines of the deal, announced in a joint-statement by the European Union’s chief diplomat Frederica Mogherini and Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, included steep concessions on both sides.
For Iran, most of its enriched uranium will either be diluted or shipped abroad. No fissile material will be permitted at its underground enrichment facility at Fordo, which will be converted for the purposes of producing medical isotopes and …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
