WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JCPOA

Snapping Back Sanctions on IranIran will not receive any new sanctions relief until it verifiably completes important steps torollback its program, and we can snap sanctions back into place if Iran violates the deal.••Reports of a “signing bonus” were false. Iran mustcomplete its key nuclear steps before it begins toreceive sanctions relief beyond the limited reliefprovided for under the JPOA. We anticipate that it willtake Iran from 6 months to a year to complete thesekey steps.Taken in its entirety, this is the impact thehistoric JCPOA will have on Iran’s ability toobtain a nuclear weapon:••The JCPOA allows us to snap sanctions back into placeif Iran violates the deal.••Meanwhile, we will be keeping in place other unilateralsanctions that relate to non-nuclear issues, such assupport for terrorism and human rights abuses.••The UN Security Council resolutions that imposedsanctions on Iran will be replaced by a new UN SecurityCouncil resolution that will last for a decade. Forthe first decade of the deal, we can snap back thesemultilateral sanctions if Iran violates the deal — asnapback that cannot be vetoed by Russia or China.In addition, for years 11-15, the P5+1 has agreed topreserve this snapback mechanism if Iran violatesthe deal.••This new UN Security Council resolution willre-establish important sanctions restricting thetransfer of sensitive nuclear technologies and keepin place sanctions on ballistic missiles for 8 years andconventional arms for 5 years.