America, im Morgan Radford in new york. An historic deal. There is now a deal in place on Irans Nuclear program. It is designed to stop or scale back Nuclear Activities in exchanges for relief from economic sanctions. A result after a long night, described as intensive and complicated the p5 1 and iran struck an historic deal, the importance hinted at by the president s sudden and unusual for a saturday latenight address. Today that diplomacy opened up a new pass. That irans progress is peaceful and it cannot build a Nuclear Weapon. It is a first step but achieves a first deal. For the first time in a decade we have halted the progress of the Nuclear Weapon. In timing the iranian Prime Minister spoke at the same time. I believe it is important that we all of us take the opportunity to end an unnecessary crisis and open new hzans based on respect for the rights of iranian people, and removal of any doubts about the exclusively peaceful nature of Irans Nuclear program. Under the deal ira
Time could be running out on talks in geneva over Irans Nuclear program. There are still major disagreements that could keep a deal from happening. Secretay of state john kerry joined negotiations in geneva this morning, but is travelling to london tomorrow. The goal is to keep iran from developing war heads, something the British Foreign ministery says is a threat to stability. Phil ittner joints us live from geneva. Are they close to a deal . It sounds from all indications we are getting from pretty much behind closed doors that they are really down to the wire. It could be the make or break moment. Because its that, it could go either way. Theres some talk that its pessimistic. Theres some talk saying that they are 90 there. Theres just a few issues outstanding, not least of which the statement thats just recently come out from a highranking member of the iranian delegation, a Deputy Foreign minister that days any document that does not include the wording that iran has the inaliena
Heading to london tomorrow. He arrived in geneva to join negotiations over Irans Nuclear program. The goal is to keep tehran from developing war heads, something the British Foreign secretary said is a big threat. Phil ittner joins us live. Any indication that they are near a deal . Well, they say they are near a deal, but we are playing currently a waiting game. Its quite a waiting game. We know that they broke for dinner. They have apparently returned. They we are hearing from a number of different diplomatic sources in the delegations here that they intend to go as late as they need to tonight. They will not go into sunday day. We are hearing from the russian delegation that they believe a decision, one way or the other, is coming soon, but they are determined to take this as far as they can go so they can get a decision. Keep in mind that the last time we were here, two weeks ago, it went late into the night. People are determined to try to make the best go of it they can. But as t
Hello, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford from new york city. A diplomatic milestone, iran and six world powers agree to a deal on its Nuclear Program. They agreed to though enrichment above 5 , and theyll receive some economic sanctions. This deal only lasts for six months. If iran follows through therell be a permanent agreement to ensure it doesnt build Nuclear Weapons. Nothing will be agreed to unless everything is agreed to. The burden is on iran to prove to the world that its Nuclear Program will be exclusively for peaceful purposes. Meanwhile the iranian president says the geneva pact seals Irans Nuclear write and its spiritual leader says it paves the way for further steps. A result after a long night, described as complicated the p5 1 and iran struck an Historic Deal the importance of which hinted by the u. S. President s sudden and unusual for a saturdaylatenight address. That diplomacy opened up a path for world security. That Irans Nuclear power is peaceful. T
Its 2am in geneva. Talks have been going on all day and night over the Nuclear Program in iran. Its unclear if a deal has been reached. Secretay of state john kerry joined the negotiations. Hes heading to london. The goal is to keep iran from developing war heads. British Foreign Ministry said it could threaten stability. Phil ittner joins us live. What is the latest . Well, this is a marathon session in geneva. The documents, we are led to believe, are sitting around the table trying to hash out the final points, the last few contentious issues that stalled the negotiations here. It is an indication of how serious they take the issue. The fact that they are well into the middle of the night and still talking shows us that they are going to try to use every minute, every hour as they go into sunday to try to find a resolution. That raises another question is there a deadline. Could they pick up the talks tomorrow morning . Well potentially. Human endurance is so good for so long. They