http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-nuclear-deal-jubilation-in-tehran-relief-in-the-white-house-and-dismay-in-israel-as-an-agreement-is-finally-reached-10389191.html
Iran nuclear deal: Jubilation in Tehran, relief in the White House and dismay in Israel as agreement is finally reached

Iran welcomed back to international community after a decade of negotiations
Alistair Dawber Author Biography

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After 18 days of painstaking talks in Vienna, and before that more than a decade of negotiations that at times appeared to be going nowhere, world powers and Iran finally unveiled a comprehensive agreement on Tehran’s nuclear programme.

At just after 8am on Tuesday morning reports began to suggest that the P5+1, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council along with Germany, and Iran had finally reached agreement on a number of minor issues, which had held up negotiations on Monday. The result is the greatest thawing of relations between the West and the Islamic Republic since the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

The talks have concerned two main themes. From the point of view of the P5+1, how to prevent Iran from developing an atomic weapon. In return the Iranians – who have always insisted that their nuclear development was intended for peaceful means – demanded to be allowed to enrich uranium to develop cheaper power. Speaking at the White House, Barack Obama said the agreement was “a comprehensive, long-term deal with Iran that will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon”. “This deal meets every single one of the bottom lines ... we established when we achieved a framework earlier this spring,” said Mr Obama. “Every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off.”

President Obama says every path to a nuclear weapon will be cut off from Iran