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Conflicting Expectations from the Geneva Document between the P5+1 and Iran

(Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Dore Gold - Many questions have arisen about whether the P5+1 and Iran interpret the interim understanding reached in Geneva on November 24 in the same way. Indeed, at times it appears that they are not talking about the same piece of paper. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jarad Zarif told Iranian television that the Geneva document does not legally obligate Iran. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared after the Geneva document was reached that the core architecture of the sanctions will be fractured following the implementation of this agreement. The Geneva document leaves the window open for future uranium enrichment by Iran. In any case, the Geneva document leaves open the possibility that Iran will not always be under international restrictions.
2013-12-11 00:00:00
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