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Iran nuclear agreement: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

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Iran nuclear agreement

For more on the Iran nuclear deal, view the following articles:
Overview
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
Negotiations
Timeline
Legislation
Congressional review
U.S. withheld cash until hostages were released
U.S.-Israeli relations
Public opinion
Federal policy on the Iran nuclear deal, 2017-2020
Federal policy on Iran, 2017-2020
2016 presidential candidates on the Iran nuclear deal

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In the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), agreed to on July 14, 2015, Iran committed to limit its nuclear development in exchange for the removal of international sanctions.

Negotiators met in Vienna on July 14, 2015.

Under the JCPOA, Iran was required to reduce its uranium stockpile by 98 percent and the number of its installed centrifuges by 66 percent.[1] The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitored Iranian nuclear and non-nuclear sites with varying degrees of access. For non-nuclear sites like military facilities, Iran had 14 days to address IAEA concerns of suspected nuclear activity before an IAEA request for access was forwarded to a joint commission for review. The commission had seven days to come to an agreement supported by at least five of the eight members. After, if the committee approved the IAEA's request, Iran was required to provide access to monitors within three days.[2] The Obama administration said that the 24-day timeline would not impact inspectors' ability to detect nuclear materials.[3]

Economic and trade sanctions were lifted when the IAEA certified on January 16, 2016, that Iran had complied with the nuclear disarmament plan.[4] If Iran violated the agreement at any time, officials had the authority to reimpose sanctions.[1] Sanctions related to Iran's support of terrorism and human rights violations were not affected by the agreement and remained in place.[5][1]

A more detailed outline of the key terms of the JCPOA can be viewed below, as provided by the White House:[6]

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