Iran Nuclear Deal Is Reached After Long Negotiations
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 3:10 AM EDT
Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States have agreed to a historic accord to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions against Iran, a senior Western diplomat involved in the negotiations said on Tuesday.
The deal culminates 20 months of negotiations on a deal that President Obama had long sought as the biggest diplomatic achievement of his presidency.
A formal announcement of the agreement was expected later on Tuesday, when foreign ministers from Iran and the six nations it has been negotiating with will meet at a United Nations complex here in Vienna. Catherine Ray, a spokeswoman for the European Union, said a final plenary meeting of the six nations – the United States, Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia – will take place at 10:30 a.m. in Vienna, followed by a press conference, but provided no more details.
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