By Ankit Panda
With the IAEA certifying Iran’s compliance with technical constraints on its nuclear program, the nuclear deal is implemented.
The Iran deal has officially been implemented.
Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), certified that Iran had complied with its obligations under last July’s Joint Comprehensive Plan for Action, an international deal in which Iran agrees to limit its nuclear program in exchange for considerable nuclear-related sanctions relief from the United States, European Union, and the United Nations. Amano’s statement triggers the Iran nuclear deal’s so-called “Implementation Day” milestone. “A lot of work has gone into getting us here, and implementation of this agreement will require a similar effort,” Amano said. “For our part, we are ready to get on with the job,” she added.
“Today marks the moment that the Iran nuclear agreement transitions from promises on paper to measurable progress,” Secretary of State John F. Kerry said, speaking in Vienna. “United States’ friends and allies in the Middle East and the entire world are safer, because the threat of nuclear weapons has been reduced,” he added.
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