U.S. now indicates Iran interim deal wasn’t quite finalized
[U.S. now indicates Iran interim deal wasn’t quite
finalized: “Technical details have yet to be worked out, State Department says,
meaning six-month countdown to permanent deal hasn’t started and Iran isn’t
bound by any new terms by Joel Rosenberg Washington, D.C.] "Iran is currently
enjoying a ‘window’ of time before the six-month deal signed in Geneva early
Sunday goes into effect, during which it is not bound to take any credible steps
toward disabling its ability to produce a nuclear weapon, the State Department
acknowledged Tuesday,” reported the Times of Israel. “State Department
spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that the six-month interim period, during which Iran
would take steps to rein in its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions
relief, has not yet begun. Furthermore, there are still a number of details to
be worked out, she said, without specifying what points had yet to be
finalized.”
“Her comments created confusion as to whether the much-touted interim deal,
supposedly reached by P5+1 powers and Iran in Geneva in the early hours of
Sunday morning, had actually been completed as claimed,” noted the Times. “Iran
on Tuesday accused the US of publishing an inaccurate account of what had been
agreed. And its Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an address to the
Iranian parliament Wednesday that Iran would continue construction on the Arak
heavy water plant, in an apparent breach of the ostensibly agreed terms...” Full
text:
U.S. now indicates Iran interim deal wasn’t quite finalized: “Technical details
have yet to be worked out, State Department says, meaning six-month countdown to
permanent deal hasn’t started and Iran isn’t bound by any new terms
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