While you were sleeping, a deal was reached in Vienna between Iran, the U.S. and other world powers on Iran’s nuclear program:
#UN SG Ban Ki-moon hails #IranDeal: "could serve as vital contribution to peace & stability both in region & beyond."http://t.co/qey5vneRA2
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) July 14, 2015
Dialogue focused on trust building & based on fairness ,respect & mutual security proven yet again only way to resolve conflicts. #IranDeal
— Mohamed ElBaradei (@ElBaradei) July 14, 2015
"This has been 10 years in the making," @RNicholasBurns says of #IranDeal, calls it a "sensible arrangement." http://t.co/udInDudNBu
— New Day (@NewDay) July 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/620890071093366784
We’re still learning more about just what was negotiated, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already slamming the agreement:
When willing to make a deal at any cost, this is the result. From early reports, we can see that the deal is a historic mistake.
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) July 14, 2015
World powers have made far-reaching concessions in all areas that were supposed to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapons capability.
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) July 14, 2015
And it’s not just Netanyahu who opposes the deal in Israel. From Vox:
Isaac Herzog, head of the center-left Zionist Union and Netanyahu’s chief rival for power, called the deal “terrible” for “Israel’s security interests” on Monday. “Netanyahu will pay for all the mistakes he made in managing this crisis. The strategy he chose has failed,” Herzog added.
There’s a broad sense in the Israeli political mainstream that any plausible deal with Iran would be a disaster for Israel. Not every Israeli expert agrees, of course, but the fact that Netanyahu’s leading critic to his left is calling the deal bad is telling.
These rivals have called on Netanyahu to resign:
World loves to hate Bibi over Iran deal, but Lapid & Herzog today say it's so bad that Bibi's failure to kill it is reason for him to resign
— Haviv Rettig Gur (@havivrettiggur) July 13, 2015
President Obama will speak on the deal at 7 a.m. and the White House posted a fact-sheet online:
.@POTUS will speak on the #IranDeal at 7am ET.
Watch here → http://t.co/3PJ1t0Zk7U pic.twitter.com/ifqw7prj1u— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) July 14, 2015
One immediate benefit of today’s deal could be lower oil prices:
#Iran nuclear deal may push oil prices lower; Tehran will now be able to export; it thinks 2.3M barrels/day possible
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) July 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/Zenobia_Watral/status/620871742685184000
Oil falls on Iran deal as brokers warn Opec must cut output http://t.co/eSobFgtM4l pic.twitter.com/227NhcqGUQ
— Telegraph Breaking News (@TelegraphNews) July 14, 2015
Congress now begins its 60-day review of the deal:
60 day window for Congress to review #IranDeal starts Sunday, reports CNN
— Jasmin Ramsey (@JasminRamsey) July 14, 2015
The real Battle will be in Congress in 60 days-my wild guess about #IranDeal
— die juedische (@juedische) July 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/JustinTaylorBE/status/620907463114559488
#Irandeal to be reviewed by US #Congress under a 60-day period; likely to face strong resistance http://t.co/bhOemfzDjJ
— Madalina Vicari (@v_madalina) July 14, 2015
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