President Defies Odds, Defines the True Audacity of Hope

Breakthrough on Iran: President Obama Defies Odds, Defines the True Audacity of Hope

by Spandan Chakrabarti

As Vice President Biden would say, this is a big fucking deal.

This morning, outlines were announced for a deal between Iran and global powers led by the United States that would address Iran’s nuclear program – effectively cutting it down by two-thirds and then freezing it for at least 15 years, as well as putting a nuclear weapon out of Iran’s reach for at least that amount of time. In what is likely to be a superbly effective enforcement and inspection regime, Iran’s nuclear program will be completely open to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which can at any time demand to investigate any facility in Iran, regardless of whether Iran discloses said facility, and regardless of whether Iran classifies the facility as having any link to their nuclear program.

The full outlines are available at the State Department website, but here are the key details that make this deal a historic, breakthrough and yet concrete and quantifiable agreement towards neutralizing the threat of a potentially nuclear Iran.

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