VIENNA — Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions.
The deal culminates 20 months of negotiations on an agreement that President Obama had long sought as the biggest diplomatic achievement of his presidency. Whether it portends a new relationship between the United States and Iran — after decades of coups, hostage-taking, terrorism and sanctions — remains a bigger question.
Read moreThe good thing is that it appears to have many, or all, of the elements that make it a good agreement. I've already hears both pros and cons on this, but perhaps the best one was where a commentator on CNN asked a simple question of those who might be totally opposed to this - what alternative do you have? Of course, while I just heard Speaker Boehner uttering that they will carefully review all of the details, he said he doubted it was a good deal.
Here's a transcript of the president's announcement.
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