WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JCPOA

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promises to satisfy the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the possiblemilitary dimensions of its nuclear program, its acceptance of the Additional Protocol of theNon-Proliferation Treaty and its pledge to turn away permanently from any temptation toacquire a nuclear weapon, not just during the term of the agreement but after its expiration.We also hope that the large sums of money that will come to Iran following the lifting ofsanctions will be used for internal development and the betterment of its citizens, not forfurther support for groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas.It is also a requirement that the U.S. government be vigilant against any obstruction of IAEAinspections of declared or suspect sites and recognize the difficulty of “snapping back”sanctions if there are violations. We believe it is critical that the US government take actionsto deal with the significant opposition to this agreement from our closest Arab allies in theMiddle East and from Israel, which views an Iranian nuclear weapon as an existential threat.The US government, working with its European allies, must act urgently to insure that theJCPOA does not ignite a new nuclear arms race in the volatile Middle East, and that theend of the multilateral conventional arms embargo and missile embargo on Iran in five andeight years respectively does not threaten American interests in the region or those of ourallies. The United States must provide our allies with the means necessary to defendthemselves against threats from Iran and its proxies. Iran must also know that the UnitedStates views Iran’s possession of a nuclear weapon during or after the expiration of theJCPOA as unacceptable, and will take all actions necessary to assure against thiscontingency.Still, we come to the conclusion, even in a worst or most likely a mixed case scenario, thatthis agreement is better than the alternatives if the JCPOA is rejected. We would be left withonly a military option, which may be necessary if Iran actually marches toward a nuclearweapon.We believe that additional sanctions are not likely to produce a significantly improvedagreement. The reason is that we already have the most extensive, comprehensivesanctions ever exacted against a country in peacetime, and there are few others availableto the United States. Moreover, it is highly doubtful that the European Union, China and
Russia, whose cooperation in imposing sanctions has been critical to getting Iran toseriously negotiate and make the significant compromises embodied in the JCPOA, wouldsupport additional sanctions in the absence of Iranian misdemeanor. Even during thesanctions period, Iran continued to increase the number of centrifuges, to work on moreadvanced centrifuges, and to begin a plutonium facility at Arak.Most important, with no agreement, there would be no significant reduction in Iran’s 19,000installed centrifuges; no redesign of its Arak reactor; no intrusive IAEA inspections; and noelongation of its breakout period from several months to a year.As a result, this Task Force supports the administration and the implementation of theJCPOA, while urging special vigilance against any violations of its terms.Signed: Stuart Eizenstat, Task Force Chair; Odeh Aburdene, Cornelius Adebahr, JamesCartwright, Joseph Cirincione, Ilan Goldenberg, John Limbert, Jim Moody, William Reinsch,Richard Sawaya, Thomas Pickering, Greg Thielmann and Harlan Ullman
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THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL:WHAT YOU NEED
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THE DETAILSOF THE JCPOA
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Blocking the Pathways toa Nuclear W
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Snapping Back Sanctions on IranIran
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Q:A:Aren’t “anytime, anywhere
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Q:A:Shouldn’t we just go back to
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Q:A:Why didn’t the deal stick to
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JCPOA Does Not Simply Delayan Irani
Page 21 and 22: Multilateral Tools••We will sti
Page 23 and 24: Designation AuthoritiesMissiles:Aut
Page 25 and 26: Iran Faces Large and Pressing Domes
Page 27 and 28: WINEP BenchmarksAdvanced Centrifuge
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Page 33 and 34: WHAT THEY’RE SAYINGABOUT THE JCPO
Page 35 and 36: “The nuclear deal advances wester
Page 37 and 38: Regional Editorials on the Iran Dea
Page 39 and 40: Implementation Is What Will Determi
Page 41 and 42: FloridaFor Those Who Accuse Preside
Page 43 and 44: IdahoNegotiations Produced Nuclear
Page 45 and 46: MarylandIf The Standard Is That No
Page 47 and 48: MissouriIran Nuclear Deal Is A Path
Page 49 and 50: New YorkAn Iran Nuclear Deal That R
Page 51 and 52: The Agreement Reflects A Calculated
Page 53 and 54: TennesseeIt Is Also A Beginning Tha
Page 55 and 56: What the World is Saying about the
Page 57 and 58: China“The achievement of a compre
Page 59 and 60: Other World Leaders“I warmly welc
Page 61 and 62: Public statements of support from t
Page 63 and 64: THE IRAN PROJECTwww.theiranproject.
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Page 77 and 78: Committee on International Justice
Page 79 and 80: THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press
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Page 83 and 84: We do not have to accept an inevita
Page 85 and 86: Key Excerpts of the Joint Comprehen
Page 87 and 88: • Iran will allow the IAEA to mon
Page 89 and 90: Press Availability on Nuclear Deal
Page 91 and 92: purposes. And Iran will not build a
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Page 97 and 98: WASHINGTON POST OP-EDJohn Kerry and
Page 99 and 100: President Obama has said clearly th
Page 101 and 102: Remember that, two years ago, when
Page 103 and 104: Written Testimony of Jacob J. Lew,
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Page 109 and 110: contribute to the development of a
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