Iran Nuclear Deal Reached

By April Newell 7/14/2015

It took more than 20 months but world power negotiators have reached a landmark deal about Iran’s nuclear program.

The deal is a focal point of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy and is hoped to reshape relations across the Middle East.

Representatives of the United States, Iran, and other nations held a final meeting discussing the sanctions of the deal in Vienna, Austria today.

The deal reduces the number of Iranian centrifuges by two-thirds and limits uranium research and development at the Natanz facility, Iran’s primary enrichment facility.  The deal caps uranium enrichment at 3.67 percent for the next fifteen years.

Although President Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani agree upon the deal, the accord has already faced harsh opposition from both Republicans in the U.S. Congress and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu believes the agreement to be a “historic mistake for the world.”  President Obama has responded to Netanyahu’s doubts by reassuring him that the United States continues to hold a “stalwart commitment to Israeli security.”

It took two years to reach the agreement.