| ID | 134587 |
| Title Proper | Don't turn Iran into North Korea |
| Other Title Information | re-examining neoconservative strategy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Farago, Niv |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | On November 24, 2013, after nearly two-and-a-half years of significant economic pressure on Iran by the United States and Europe, the two sides reached a Joint Plan of Action for six months (also referred to as the interim agreement). The agreement entered into force on January 20, 2014, and was extended for a period of four months in late July 2014.1 In return for a temporary and partial suspension of the American and European economic sanctions that had been imposed on it, Iran agreed to constrain its nuclear activity. Thus, Iran pledged to suspend its 20 percent uranium enrichment, convert half of its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium to oxide, and to dilute the other half to no more than 5 percent. Iran also agreed to refrain from installing additional centrifuges and increasing its stockpile of uranium enriched up to 5 percent by converting newly enriched uranium to oxide. Moreover, Iran consented not to transfer fuel or heavy water to the Arak nuclear site, to halt construction work on the site, and not to build a reprocessing facility capable of producing plutonium as a by-product.2 |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle East Policy Vol.21, No.3; Fal.2014: p.104-123 |
| Journal Source | Middle East Policy Vol: 21 No 3 |
| Standard Number | United States – US |