WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JCPOA

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary________________________________________________________________For Immediate Release July 14, 2015STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT ON IRANState FloorTHE PRESIDENT: Today, after two years of negotiations, theUnited States, together with our international partners, hasachieved something that decades of animosity has not -- acomprehensive, long-term deal with Iran that will prevent itfrom obtaining a nuclear weapon.This deal demonstrates that American diplomacy can bringabout real and meaningful change -- change that makes ourcountry, and the world, safer and more secure. This deal isalso in line with a tradition of American leadership. It’s nowmore than 50 years since President Kennedy stood before theAmerican people and said, “Let us never negotiate out of fear,but let us never fear to negotiate.” He was speaking then aboutthe need for discussions between the United States and theSoviet Union, which led to efforts to restrict the spread ofnuclear weapons.In those days, the risk was a catastrophic nuclear warbetween two super powers. In our time, the risk is that nuclearweapons will spread to more and more countries, particularly inthe Middle East, the most volatile region in our world.Today, because America negotiated from a position ofstrength and principle, we have stopped the spread of nuclearweapons in this region. Because of this deal, the internationalcommunity will be able to verify that the Islamic Republic ofIran will not develop a nuclear weapon.This deal meets every single one of the bottom lines thatwe established when we achieved a framework earlier thisspring. Every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off. And theinspection and transparency regime necessary to verify thatobjective will be put in place. Because of this deal, Iran willnot produce the highly enriched uranium and weapons-gradeplutonium that form the raw materials necessary for a nuclearbomb.Because of this deal, Iran will remove two-thirds of itsinstalled centrifuges -- the machines necessary to produce