Historic U.S.-Iran Deal Halts the Slide to War

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Before this deal was struck, Iran was on pace to accomplish a so-called "breakout capability" -- in which it could enrich uranium to weapons grade before being caught by inspectors -- by next year.

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By Jamal Abdi | November 23, 2013

Today, diplomats from the U.S., Iran, and the UN Security Council plus Germany (the P5+1) pulled off the diplomatic equivalent of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.

With the deal that was signed in the early morning hours in Geneva on Sunday, the two sides managed to change course from the path to a disastrous war and put us on a road that ends with concrete assurance that Iran will never obtain nuclear weapons. Though it is just an interim agreement, after thirty years of non-relations, the deal is historic. And in addition to the security and stability gains it provides, the agreement with an Iranian president who has only been in office for 100 days shores up forces of change inside of Iran who yearn for a brighter future.

Before this deal was struck, Iran was on pace to accomplish a so-called "breakout capability" -- in which it could enrich uranium to weapons grade before being caught by inspectors -- by next year. U.S. sanctions were escalating to a point of no return, with nothing left to sanction but key allies and the long discussed last option on the table appearing increasingly likely. Short of a diplomatic offramp, the two countries were nearing the climax on the long road to war.

But with the intensive diplomatic efforts between Iran, the US and other UN powers, the worst has been delayed if not averted. The deal sets a six month time frame during which Iran's nuclear program will be frozen in place and key elements will be rolled back. It marks the first time in a decade that Iran's nuclear program will actually be reversed. In exchange, the U.S. will freeze its current sanctions in place -- agreeing to not impose further sanctions -- and provide a limited rollback of certain sanctions.

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