WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JCPOA

TennesseeIt Is Also A Beginning That Congress Should Recognize And Work To HelpAmerica And The Other Nations Involved Build Upon.“A group of six nations led by the United States reached a historic accord with Iran onTuesday. The agreement — to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for more thana decade in return for, after five years, lifting international oil and financial sanctions— is, in President Barack Obama’s words ‘not built on trust — it is built on verification.’It is also a beginning that Congress should recognize and work to help America andthe other nations involved build upon. The deal comes after 20 months of negotiations.A New York Times review of the 109-page agreement shows that the United Statespreserved — and in some cases extended — the nuclear restrictions it sketched out withIran in early April in Lausanne, Switzerland… The current stockpile of low enricheduranium will be reduced by 98 percent, most likely by shipping much of it to Russia— a portion of the deal that seems less than reassuring since Russia is a longtimesupplier of military equipment to Iran. Nonetheless, Iran’s lowered stockpile limit,combined with a two-thirds reduction in the number of its centrifuges, would extend toa year the amount of time it would take Iran to make enough material for a single bombshould it abandon the deal and return to a race for a weapon, according to analysts. Bycomparison, those analysts say Iran now could complete its bomb in two tothree months.”– Chattanooga Free Press, 7/15/15TexasThe Iranian Deal Is Less Than Perfect, But It Will Delay Any Iranian NuclearWeapon And Was The Best Deal That Could Be Negotiated — Which Makes ItAs Perfect As Possible For The Times.“The Iranian deal is less than perfect, but it will delay any Iranian nuclear weapon andwas the best deal that could be negotiated — which makes it as perfect as possible forthe times. This deal was not negotiated between the U.S. and Iran alone. It involvedother major world powers and represents as close to unanimity on any issue these‘partners’ have arrived at in many a year. That is a milestone in and of itself. There issimply no viable alternative. Holding the international coalition together indefinitelyfor negotiating or sanctions is unrealistic. Iran will not totally dismantle its nuclearinfrastructure, and the knowledge to build a bomb cannot be erased in any case. Theaim of dismantling was a nonstarter. But the agreement will require Iran to reduce itsstockpile of low-enriched uranium and reduce also the number of centrifuges that canbe used to do that enriching.”– San Antonio Express-News, 7/17/15