WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JCPOA

MassachusettsAfter Two Years Of Grueling Negotiations, The Obama Administration HasFinally Pulled Off A Historic Deal With Iran That Resolves — At Least For TheTime Being — One Of The Most Pressing Foreign Policy Challenges Facing TheWorld: Concerns That Iran Could Be Building A Nuclear Bomb.“After two years of grueling negotiations, the Obama administration has finally pulled offa historic deal with Iran that resolves — at least for the time being — one of the mostpressing foreign policy challenges facing the world: concerns that Iran could be buildinga nuclear bomb. The agreement, which curbs Iran’s nuclear program in exchange forlifting sanctions that have crippled the country, is far from perfect. No diplomaticcompromise ever is. The deal’s biggest flaw is that it curbs Iran’s production of enricheduranium for only a decade. Limits on Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium last slightlylonger: 15 years. Nonetheless, this deal is better than the status quo. Iran currentlypossesses 10,000 kilograms of enriched uranium. Under the deal, the country will beforced to reduce that to 300 kilograms. Iran currently has about 20,000 centrifuges,which are used to enrich uranium. Under the deal, it will be forced to dismantle all but5,000 of them. Without an agreement, Iran would almost certainly return to full-scaleuranium enrichment, forcing the United States and its allies closer to a possible militaryconfrontation at a time of great instability in the region.”– Boston Globe, 7/15/15