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World Powers Reach Accord to Freeze Iran’s Nuclear Program

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Apparently, this deal is all in the eye of the beholder.
According to reports on CNN, Kerry thinks there's a freeze, meanwhile Iran thinks differently. So lets not celebrate yet...

World Powers Reach Accord to Freeze Iran’s Nuclear Program

The foreign policy chief of the European Union announced a landmark accord Sunday morning that would temporarily freeze Tehran’s nuclear program and lay the foundation for a more sweeping accord.

After marathon talks that finally ended early Sunday morning, the United States and five other world powers reached an agreement with Iran to halt much of Iran’s nuclear program, and some elements would even be rolled back. It was the first time in years of talks that an international agreement had been reached to slow Iran’s nuclear program.

The freeze would last six months, with the aim of giving international negotiators time to pursue the far more challenging task of drafting a comprehensive accord that would ratchet back much of Iran’s nuclear program and ensure that it could only be used for peaceful purposes.

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http://www.nytimes.com?emc=edit_na_20131123




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