Iran has agreed to never “seek, develop or acquire any nuclear weapons.” President Obama said Tuesday that “this deal is not built on trust — it is built on verification.”
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- World powers will meet with Iran every two years, or earlier if the situation warrants, to review the progress of how the terms of the agreement are being implemented.
- The International Atomic Energy Agency will monitor the "nuclear-related measures" in the agreement and will provide regular updates to a board of governors.
- Inspectors will have 24-hour access to Iran's nuclear facilities as well as its entire nuclear supply chain to ensure that Iran doesn't divert materials to covert locations.
- The IAEA's access to Iran's nuclear facilities is permanent. Other transparency measures will remain in place for 25 years.
- The IAEA will also have access to complete its investigation into the possible military aspects of Iran's nuclear research.
- All sanctions will be lifted eight years from either the adoption day or when the IAEA concludes that nuclear materials in Iran are being used for peaceful activities, whichever is sooner.
- There will be no new nuclear-related United Nations Security Council sanctions or European Union nuclear-related sanctions or restrictive measures.
- If Iran violates the deal, all sanctions will be reimplemented.
- The agreement also includes a list of people and organizations that have been taken off the sanctions list, including Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force, as well as the entire Iranian Air Force and Quds Force unit.