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Why the Iranian Nuclear Agreement Is a Good Deal

IN THIS ISSUE: Why the Iranian nuclear agreement is a good deal, nuclear negotiations: Rouhani's letter to Supreme Leader, action plan: keeping Iran from the bomb, Israeli PM to send team to discuss Iran deal in Washington, Saudi Arabia welcomes Iran nuclear agreement, how Iran nuclear deal was clinched to Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire.

Published on November 26, 2013

Why the Iranian Nuclear Agreement Is a Good Deal

James Acton | Carnegie Endowment

Critics were decrying the nascent interim agreement on Iran’s nuclear program as a sellout even before negotiations in Geneva ended.

George Perkovich | What An Iran Deal Will Do For Nonproliferation

Nuclear Negotiations: Rouhani's Letter to Supreme Leader

Hassan Rouhani
The clear results of this initial agreement include the formal recognition of the nuclear rights of Iran and the preservation of the nuclear achievements of our country.
 

Action Plan: Keeping Iran From the Bomb

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The agreement reached in Geneva has been widely received with approval and some relief, including by myself, for very good reasons. The deal gives us a baseline for building confidence toward the longer-term goal of reducing the threat that Iran will become a nuclear-armed state.
 

Israeli PM to Send Team to Discuss Iran Deal in Washington

Xinhua
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that a team on his behalf will go to the United States and discuss prospects for the future final status agreement with Iran, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.
 

Saudi Arabia Welcomes Iran Nuclear Agreement

al-Jazeera
Saudi Arabia has said an interim deal on Iran's nuclear programme could be a step towards a comprehensive solution - and hoped it could lead to the removal of WMD from the Middle East.
 

How Iran Nuclear Deal was Clinched to Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire

Julian Borger | Guardian

The bargaining was on its third round and entering its fifth day. As midnight came and went, a deal on Iran's nuclear programme, which had eluded the world for a decade, drew maddeningly close. But as it did, the din from the party next door just got louder.

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