UPI: Iran will halt key portions of its nuclear program in return for the easing of economic sanctions under an interim deal reached early Sunday, diplomats said. U.S. President Obama said the agreement “achieves a great deal.”
Obama calls Iran nuclear deal an important first step
What’s in the Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal: Western officials said the deal will halt the growth of Iran’s nuclear program; roll back key parts of the nuclear complex; step up monitoring; and expand the time it will take Iran to “break out” and produce weapons-grade fuel.
Six powers clinch breakthrough deal curbing Iran’s nuclear activity
Reuters: Iran and six world powers clinched a deal on Sunday curbing the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for initial sanctions relief, signaling the start of a game-changing rapprochement that could ease the risk of a wider Middle East war.
Iran talks: A ‘suddenly nothing happened’ story
Sky News: I’d been slumped in an armchair in the lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva for several hours when suddenly nothing happened. The Iran nuclear talks dragged on. And on. And nothing happened.
Iran nuclear talks ‘remain difficult’: Hague
AFP: Negotiations between world powers and Iran over the Islamic republic’s controversial nuclear programme “remain difficult” and any deal must be worthwhile, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Saturday.
Kerry, Russian FM join Iran nuclear talks
AP: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and foreign ministers of other major powers were converging Saturday to lend their weight to the Iran nuclear talks after envoys reported progress in marathon negotiations to curb the Iranian program in return for limited sanctions relief.
China foreign minister heads to Geneva for Iran talks
AFP: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi headed to Geneva Saturday to join US Secretary of State John Kerry and other top diplomats for talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, the government said. “The nuclear discussions are entering their final phase,” it added.
Obama’s Iran capitulation
New York Daily News: A President desperate to change the subject and a secretary of state desperate to make a name for himself are reportedly on the verge of an “interim” nuclear agreement with Iran. France called it a “sucker’s deal.” France was being charitable.
Iran is playing Obama, says savvy Saudi prince
Bloomberg: Obama, Alwaleed says, is a man who is in desperate political straits and needs a victory — any victory — to right his presidency. “Obama is in so much of a rush to have a deal with Iran,” he said. “He wants anything. He’s so wounded. It’s very scary.
US Iran policy is ‘recipe for disaster’
The Hill: “Always believe the threats of your enemies, more than the promises of your friends,” Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel has said. This wise advice is becoming a cold reality for many of America’s longtime allies in the Middle East.
