Victory for us': interpreting

Irans nuclear agreement

Unlike the US, the Iranians are not putting out fact sheets about the scale of
nuclear reduction because they would rather be a little vague on the compromises
theyve made.

Friday 03 Apr 2015

Yesterday all anyone wanted to talk about was harmony. After eight days of
hard negotiations, the US and its allies had finally come to an agreement

with Iran over its nuclear programme.

Now all they want to do is emphasise the differences. Thats not because
they were covering up disagreement before, but because each side has to
persuade hardliners at home that theyve won.
The Americans got their retaliation in first with a fact sheet emphasising
the details they think will win over sceptics in Washington. Iran has agreed
to reduce by approximately two-thirds its installed centrifuges, it said.
Iran has agreed to not enrich uranium over 3.67 percent for at least 15
years.
It went on to detail how Iran will reduce its stockpile of low-enriched
uranium from 10,000 tonnes to 300 kg, allow intrusive inspections by the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and not build any new uranium
enrichment facilities for 15 years.
Irans breakout timeline the time that it would take for Iran to acquire
enough fissile material for one weapon is currently assessed to be 2 to 3
months, it said.
That timeline will be extended to at least one year, for a duration of at
least ten years, under this framework.
Details
It was all very factual, numbers and percentages, and the lifting of
sanctions wasnt mentioned until the penultimate section. The Iranian
Foreign Minister, Mohamad Javad Zarif, was not impressed. The solutions
are good for all, as they stand. There is no need to spin using fact sheets
so early on, he tweeted.
The Americans had said in their fact sheet that EU and US sanctions would
be suspended once Iran had complied with the provisions to curb its
nuclear programme. They were a bit fuzzy about how and when.

Quoting statement The EU will TERMINATE the implementation of ALL

nuclear-related economic and financial sanctions.
How about this? tweeted Mr Zarif in response. The Supreme Leaders red
line was that all sanctions must be lifted immediately, not in stages, so Mr
Zarif has to finesse that point.
In north Tehran, people came out on the streets honking horns and waving
Iranian flags. For the first time ever, a speech by a US President was
broadcast live on Iranian TV. Such was the excitement some took selfies of
themselves with Obama behind.

Arash Karami
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lol, Iranians are taking selfies with Obama after Iran TV aired his speech
live for 1st time. RT @pedi
3:06 PM - 2 Apr 2015

One even virtually pinched the US Presidents cheek and others kissed the
TV.

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Friend of mine in #Iran pinching #Obama's cheek out of sheer joy
#IranTalks
3:19 PM - 2 Apr 2015
The headlines on state-controlled Press TV were triumphant: Iran P5+1
statement infuriates Israel. No halt in work of Iran N-facilities.
Quite true Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is certainly angry
about the deal, which he regards as a threat to Israel, and nuclear facilities
will continue working, just not in the same way.
Triumphant
As Mr Zarif returned from Lausanne, his car was mobbed. He is the hero of
the hour, the man who sealed the deal. The Iranians are not putting out fact
sheets about numbers of centrifuges because they would rather be a little
vague on the compromises theyve made.
The middle class North Tehran crowd is desperate for rapprochement with
the US but to suspicious hardliners it is still the Great Satan.

Technical experts will be meeting until the end of June, and it will take Iran
about six months to adjust its facilities as outlined in the agreement.
Realistically that means sanctions are unlikely to be lifted until next year.
The Iranian government has to sustain hope and enthusiasm until then, while
the US administration tries to convince a sceptical right-wing Congress that this is
not caving in to the Islamic Republic but making the world a safer place.
Posted by Thavam