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World powers want to stick with the Iran Nuclear Deal. The US doesn’t. Here is why.

Despite significant historical errors in US foreign policy, Iran is in error here, acting like it can dictate terms to the nations it needs help from to prosper

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SERAPHIM HANISCH

April 30, 2018, 00:49

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Today, we turn our attention to Iran and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as the “Iran deal” or the “Iran Nuclear Deal.”

This agreement is heralded in the geopolitical sphere as a treaty and agreement that Iran will not develop nuclear weapons. It was reached in an agreement between Iran, Germany, and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Under the agreement, Iran agreed to:

• eliminate its stockpile of medium-enriched uranium,
• cut its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98%, and
• reduce by about two-thirds the number of its gas centrifuges for 13 years.
• For the next 15 years, Iran will only enrich uranium up to 3.67%.
• Iran also agreed not to build any new heavy-water facilities for the same period of time.
• Uranium-enrichment activities will be limited to a single facility using first-generation centrifuges for 10 years.
• Other facilities will be converted to avoid proliferation risks.
• To monitor and verify Iran’s compliance with the agreement, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will have regular access to all Iranian nuclear facilities.

The agreement provides that in return for verifiably abiding by its commitments,

• Iran will receive relief from U.S., European Union, and United Nations Security Council nuclear-related economic sanctions.

This was a framework intended to eliminate the possibility of Iran developing a nuclear weapon, ostensibly for the purpose of using it on Israel, but some particularly bellicose rhetoric from Iran included the idea of them using a nuclear weapon on the United States in some way.

Now the main source of disagreement and bitterness appears to be centered between Iran and the United States. It does not get much real news coverage, and as is the case with many other nations on the US media’s “bad people list”, the propaganda is very easy to find and the true state of affairs is very difficult to find.