WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JCPOA

“If you kill this deal, what is the alternative? I find that theresponse to that question is deeply unsatisfying, because all of thealternatives, in my judgment, are worse.”– Peter Westmacott, British Ambassador to the U.S.FranceThe agreement had put an end to “one of the most serious andlongest crises on nuclear proliferation.” It also aimed, he said, toprovide “more peace and stability in the Middle East.”– French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius“It’s A Very Important Deal That Was Signed Overnight, The WorldIs Making Headway.– British Foreign Secretary Philip HammondGermanyThe agreement provides a “realistic chance of overcoming one ofthe most difficult international conflicts through diplomatic means”and brings much closer the goal of preventing Iran from developingnuclear weapons– German Chancellor Angela Merkel