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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2015
In case anyone is curious what today's theater is all about. Because IT'S NOT A "DEAL", it's a "Parameters for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" Here
the Doct signed:
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PARAMETERS FOR A JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION REGARDING THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[Numbers added instead of dots by Hugo Adan]
Below are the key parameters of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA) regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear program that were
decided in Lausanne, Switzerland. These elements form the foundation upon which
the final text of the JCPOA will be written between now and June 30, and
reflect the significant progress that has been made in discussions between the
P5+1, the European Union, and Iran. Important implementation details are still
subject to negotiation, and nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. We
will work to conclude the JCPOA based on these parameters over the coming
months.
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I- ENRICHMENT
1.
Iran has agreed to reduce by approximately two-thirds its installed
centrifuges. Iran will go from having about 19,000 installed today to 6,104
installed under the deal, with only 5,060 of these enriching uranium for 10
years. All 6,104 centrifuges will be IR-1s, Iran’s first-generation centrifuge.
2
Iran has agreed to not enrich uranium over 3.67 percent for at least 15
years.
3
Iran has agreed to reduce its current stockpile of about 10,000 kg of
low-enriched uranium (LEU) to 300 kg of 3.67 percent LEU for 15 years.
4
All excess centrifuges and enrichment infrastructure will be placed in
IAEA monitored storage and will be used only as replacements for operating
centrifuges and equipment.
5
Iran has agreed to not build any new facilities for the purpose of
enriching uranium for 15 years.
6
Iran’s breakout timeline – the time that it would take for Iran to
acquire enough fissile material for one weapon – is currently assessed to be 2
to 3 months. That timeline will be extended to at least one year, for a
duration of at least ten years, under this framework.
II- IRAN WILL CONVERT ITS FACILITY AT FORDOW SO
THAT IT IS NO LONGER USED TO ENRICH URANIUM
7
Iran has agreed to not enrich uranium at its Fordow facility for at
least 15 years.
8
Iran has agreed to convert its Fordow facility so that it is used for
peaceful purposes only – into a nuclear, physics, technology, research
center.
9
Iran has agreed to not conduct research and development associated with
uranium enrichment at Fordow for 15 years.
10
Iran will not have any fissile material at Fordow for 15 years
11
Almost two-thirds of Fordow’s centrifuges and infrastructure will be
removed. The remaining centrifuges will not enrich uranium. All centrifuges and
related infrastructure will be placed under IAEA monitoring.
III- IRAN WILL ONLY ENRICH URANIUM AT THE
NATANZ FACILITY, WITH ONLY 5,060 IR-1 FIRST-GENERATION CENTRIFUGES FOR TEN
YEARS.
12
Iran has agreed to only enrich uranium using its first generation (IR-1
models) centrifuges at Natanz for ten years, removing its more advanced
centrifuges.
13
Iran will remove the 1,000 IR-2M centrifuges currently installed at
Natanz and place them in IAEA monitored storage for ten years.
14
Iran will not use its IR-2, IR-4, IR-5, IR-6, or IR-8 models to produce
enriched uranium for at least ten years. Iran will engage in limited research
and development with its advanced centrifuges, according to a schedule and parameters
which have been agreed to by the P5+1.
15
For ten years, enrichment and enrichment research and development will
be limited to ensure a breakout timeline of at least 1 year. Beyond 10 years,
Iran will abide by its enrichment and enrichment R&D plan submitted to the
IAEA, and pursuant to the JCPOA, under the Additional Protocol resulting in
certain limitations on enrichment capacity.
IV- INSPECTIONS AND TRANSPARENCY
16
The IAEA will have regular access to all of Iran’s nuclear
facilities, including to Iran’s enrichment facility at Natanz and its former
enrichment facility at Fordow, and including the use of the most up-to-date,
modern monitoring technologies.
17
Inspectors will have access to the supply chain that supports Iran’s
nuclear program. The new transparency and inspections mechanisms will closely
monitor materials and/or components to prevent diversion to a secret program.
18
Inspectors will have access to uranium mines and continuous surveillance
at uranium mills, where Iran produces yellowcake, for 25 years.
19
Inspectors will have continuous surveillance of Iran’s centrifuge
rotors and bellows production and storage facilities for 20 years. Iran’s
centrifuge manufacturing base will be frozen and under continuous
surveillance.
20
All centrifuges and enrichment infrastructure removed from Fordow
and Natanz will be placed under continuous monitoring by the IAEA.
21
A dedicated procurement channel for Iran’s nuclear program will be
established to monitor and approve, on a case by case basis, the supply, sale,
or transfer to Iran of certain nuclear-related and dual use materials and
technology – an additional transparency measure.
22
Iran has agreed to implement the Additional Protocol of the IAEA,
providing the IAEA much greater access and information regarding Iran’s nuclear
program, including both declared and undeclared facilities.
23
Iran will be required to grant access to the IAEA to investigate
suspicious sites or allegations of a covert enrichment facility, conversion
facility, centrifuge production facility, or yellowcake production facility
anywhere in the country.
24
Iran has agreed to implement Modified Code 3.1 requiring early
notification of construction of new facilities.
25
Iran will implement an agreed set of measures to address the IAEA’s
concerns regarding the Possible Military Dimensions (PMD) of its program.
V- REACTORS AND REPROCESSING
26
Iran has agreed to redesign and rebuild a heavy water research reactor
in Arak, based on a design that is agreed to by the P5+1, which will not produce
weapons grade plutonium, and which will support peaceful nuclear research and
radioisotope production.
27
The original core of the reactor, which would have enabled the
production of significant quantities of weapons-grade plutonium, will be
destroyed or removed from the country.
28
Iran will ship all of its spent fuel from the reactor out of the
country for the reactor’s lifetime.
29
Iran has committed indefinitely to not conduct reprocessing or
reprocessing research and development on spent nuclear fuel.
30
Iran will not accumulate heavy water in excess of the needs of the
modified Arak reactor, and will sell any remaining heavy water on the
international market for 15 years.
31
Iran will not build any additional heavy water reactors for 15 years.
VI- SANCTIONS
32
Iran will receive sanctions relief, if it verifiably abides by
its commitments.
33
U.S. and E.U. nuclear-related sanctions will be suspended after the
IAEA has verified that Iran has taken all of its key nuclear-related steps. If
at any time Iran fails to fulfill its commitments, these sanctions will snap
back into place
34
The architecture of U.S. nuclear-related sanctions on Iran will be
retained for much of the duration of the deal and allow for snap-back of
sanctions in the event of significant non-performance.
35
All past UN Security Council resolutions on the Iran nuclear issue will
be lifted simultaneous with the completion, by Iran, of nuclear-related actions
addressing all key concerns (enrichment, Fordow, Arak, PMD, and transparency).
36
However, core provisions in the UN Security Council resolutions – those
that deal with transfers of sensitive technologies and activities – will be
re-established by a new UN Security Council resolution that will endorse the
JCPOA and urge its full implementation. It will also create the procurement
channel mentioned above, which will serve as a key transparency measure.
Important restrictions on conventional arms and ballistic missiles, as
well as provisions that allow for related cargo inspections and asset freezes,
will also be incorporated by this new resolution.
37
A dispute resolution process will be specified, which enables any JCPOA
participant, to seek to resolve disagreements about the performance of JCPOA
commitments.
38
If an issue of significant non-performance cannot be resolved through
that process, then all previous UN sanctions could be re-imposed.
39
U.S. sanctions on Iran for terrorism, human rights abuses, and
ballistic missiles will remain in place under the deal.
VII- PHASING
40
For ten years, Iran will limit domestic enrichment capacity and research
and development – ensuring a breakout timeline of at least one year.
Beyond that, Iran will be bound by its longer-term enrichment and enrichment
research and development plan it shared with the P5+1.
41
For fifteen years, Iran will limit additional elements of its program.
For instance, Iran will not build new enrichment facilities or heavy water
reactors and will limit its stockpile of enriched uranium and accept enhanced
transparency procedures.
42
Important inspections and transparency measures will continue well
beyond 15 years. Iran’s adherence to the Additional Protocol of the IAEA is
permanent, including its significant access and transparency obligations. The
robust inspections of Iran’s uranium supply chain will last for 25 years.
43
Even after the period of the most stringent limitations on Iran’s
nuclear program, Iran will remain a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT), which prohibits Iran’s development or acquisition of nuclear
weapons and requires IAEA safeguards on its nuclear program
TOTAL: 4 PAGES, 7 titles & 43 points of "Parameters for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action"
THANKS to Tyler Durden from www.zerohedge.com
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HOW THE PRESS DESCRIBES THIS DOCT:
framework (euronews); initial deal
(reuters); nuke-deal-crucial frame (AP);
outline-draft of nuke-deal (BBC). Let’s check:
It has been agreed that more than two thirds of Iran’s enrichment
capacity will be decommisioned and monitored for 10 years if the parties can
reach a comprehensive agreement by June 30.
If there is a final deal, Tehran would ship abroad most of its enriched
uranium stocks.
Different restrictions on Iran’s nuclear programme would continue for a
quarter century. In return for compliance, international sanctions will be
gradually lifted.
Iran’s president said that drafting the comprehensive agreement would
start immediately.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters)
- Iran and world powers reached
a framework agreement on Thursday
on curbing Iran's nuclear program for at least a
decade.
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AP-
Nuke
deal: World powers, Iran reach crucial framework
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - After marathon negotiations, the United States, Iran and five other world powers announced an agreement Thursday outlining limits on Iran's nuclear program to block it from developing atomic weapons and directing negotiators toward a final accord this summer. The United States and Iran each hailed the framework, reached by weary but upbeat diplomats after a week of intense diplomacy in Switzerland that capped 18 months of negotiations. Speaking from the White House, President Barack Obama called it a "good deal" that would address concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/HOME?SITE=AP
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - After marathon negotiations, the United States, Iran and five other world powers announced an agreement Thursday outlining limits on Iran's nuclear program to block it from developing atomic weapons and directing negotiators toward a final accord this summer. The United States and Iran each hailed the framework, reached by weary but upbeat diplomats after a week of intense diplomacy in Switzerland that capped 18 months of negotiations. Speaking from the White House, President Barack Obama called it a "good deal" that would address concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/HOME?SITE=AP
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BBC .
An outline agreement on the future shape
of the Iranian nuclear programme is reached after marathon talks between Iran
and six major powers in Switzerland. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32166814
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government-sponsored bailout on your student loans, you may want to check the
laws in your state because as it turns out, you may end up losing your
driver’s license or worse, your barber’s license.
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a new trajectory focused on creating a positive, functional future or -- by
continuing the consumptive, extractive, exploitative status quo -- we will
default into a nasty nightmare. What will determine which future path we
take is our collective narrative. It's the story we tell ourselves -- who we
are, what we value.
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economy’s awesome strength. This one was peddling as exhibit
#1 the recent surge in C&I loans, arguing that it is a sure
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case, like most of the blizzard of bullish factoids spewed out each day
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that.
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is today's Factory Orders data (because it is far less fuged, adjusted and
generally doctored to preserve faith in a contracting economy). Because
according to America's manufacturing output, not only is the country already in
a recession but it is getting worse with every passing day.
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major negotiation has ended with all sides claiming victory and no sides
offering any actual solutions. Iran proclaims the talks have made
"significant progress," yet Western diplomats are saying
progress is "limited," only to be confused even more by Iran's
Foreign Minister stating that "but still we have not agreed on the
reviewed solutions." So in summing it all up, a press conference will
be held shortly to explain that 'they agree on the outline of a plan which
will pave the way for an agreement but aren't sure how much of the plan or
hypothetical agreement they want to share'. New normal geopolitics... no
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to unofficial restrictions on investing in certain foreign assets and are yet
another indicator of the disturbing trend of creeping capital
controls in the US. Capital controls are used by many countries and
come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and labels. The purpose, however, is always
the same: to restrict and control the free flow of money into and out of a
country so that the politicians have more wealth at their disposal to plunder.
[Is this something close to FDR restrictions to
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effective if comes with a demo-political deal .. Sometimes, that demo cannot do
it, it can be achieved via deep state or agreements at the top, like top-down
Rev .. even though, the corporate media will try to put it down .. Controlling the
free flow of money in and out of a country via taxes is fair -given the
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was killed along the border while Chinese soldiers arrived to evacuate
civilians.
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of impending doom was banks slowly but surely yanking availability (aka dry
powder) under secured revolving credit facilities to companies across America.
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lack of liquidity avalanche that swept away AIG and unleashed the biggest
bailout of capitalism in history. Back then, analysts had a pet name for banks
calling CFOs and telling them "so sorry, but your secured credit
availability has been cut by 50%, 75% or worse" - revolver raids.
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up impaired debt with more debt and constantly bringing demand forward with
zero interest rates. The U.S. economy is slowing to stall
speed--the point when gravity overcomes the lift provided by central bank free
money. This deceleration is evident in a number of indicators such as gross
domestic product (GDP), which is now at 0% according to the Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta's GDPNow model.
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the new round of Petrobras financing is indicative of where China will steer
initial AIIB funding — that is, into oil and into Washington's backyard.
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Submitted by Tyler
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·
Samaras Says He’d Join Alliance to Keep Greece
in Euro (BBG)
·
Ackman Report on Herbalife in China Figures in
Probe (WSJ)
·
Al Shabaab storms Kenyan university, 14 reported
killed (Reuters)
·
Iraq’s Four-Mile Line of Supertankers Fuels
Shipping-Rates Surge (BBG)
·
Menendez's fate could sharpen Republicans' edge
in Senate (Reuters)
·
IRS Chief Chides Ted Cruz Over 'Abolish the IRS'
Mantra (BBG)
·
Yemen Houthi fighters backed by tanks reach
central Aden (Reuters)
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'519
dead in 2 weeks of Yemen violence'.
Thu Apr 2, 2015 The UN says at least 519 people have been killed in two
weeks of violence in Yemen.
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‘Iran
proved it will not bow to pressure’. Thu Apr 2, 2015 Iran’s Foreign
Minister Zarif says the Iranian people proved they will never bow to pressure
and will not compromise on their interests.
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Debate:
Iran, P5+1 joint statement. Thu Apr 2, 2015 In this edition of the
Debate, we discuss a joint statement Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers
have adopted. the parameters that have been agreed upon, what this means in a
wider context, and how far we
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Understanding
base for good deal: US. Thu Apr 2, 2015 John Kerry says the political
understanding between Iran and P5+1 group over Tehran’s nuclear program is a
solid foundation for a good deal.
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'Obama
can now poke Netanyahu in eye'. Thu Apr 2, 2015 Obama can poke
Netanyahu in the eye after the successful outcome of marathon negotiations
between Iran and the P5+1, an American analyst says.
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Obama
hails ‘historic understanding’ .
Thu Apr 2, 2015 US President Obama has praised the P5+1 for reaching an
"historic understanding" with Iran over its nuclear program.
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Iran,
P5+1 adopt joint statement. Thu Apr 2, 2015 Iran, P5+1 adopt joint
statement calling for removal of UNSC resolutions and sanctions.
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‘UN
must back halt to Yemen violence’. Thu Apr 2, 2015 Russia says the UN
Security Council should adopt a stance in favor of ending acts of violence in
Yemen.
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Al-Qaeda
storms Yemen jail, frees 300. Thu Apr 2, 2015 The al-Qaeda militants
storm a prison in Yemen and facilitate the escape of 300 inmates at the facility.
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No foreign troops
in Aden: Houthis. Thu Apr 2, 2015 Yemen’s Ansarullah movement rejects
as baseless media reports that dozens of foreign troops have disembarked in the
port of Aden.
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‘Nuclear
deal must end all embargoes’ . Thu Apr 2, 2015 Mohammad Marandi says an
Iran-P5+1 nuclear deal must entail lifting of all sanctions.
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Houthis
seize Aden presidential palace . Thu Apr 2, 2015 Ansarullah
revolutionaries reportedly manage to seize the presidential palace in the southern
city of Aden.
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