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Inspection and verification regime ever negotiated. without a deal those inspections go away. we lose the ability to closely monitor irans program and detect any covert nuclear weapons program. with this deal if iran violates its commitments, there will be real consequences. nuclear-related sanctions that have helped to cripple the iranian economy will snap back into place. without a deal the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. with this deal we have...

Stronger position 12, 13 15 years from now, if in fact iran decided at that point they still wanted to get a nuclear weapon. keep in mind we maintain a one-year breakout time. well have rolled back their program, frozen their facilities kept them under severe restrictions had observers. they will have made international commitments supported by countries around the world. and -- hold on a second. and, if at that point they finally decided, you know what were going to cheat, or not even cheat. at...

A hundred billion dollars, runs contrary to the intelligence weve seen and the commitments the iranian government has made. do we think that with the sanctions coming down that iran will have some additional resources for its military and for some of the activities in the region that are a threat to us and a threat to our allies? i think that is a likelihood that theyve got some additional resources. do i think its a game-changer for them? no. they are currently supporting hezbollah. and there i...

Your reaction? >> well once again we have to trust that they are telling us where every one of their activities are. we have to make sure that we can believe them when they say, oh, this is all we have. again, if -- if were willing took out on that limb were doing something that none of the neighbors of the iranians are willing to do not israel not egypt, not jordan not the saudis not the emirates not kuwait so those of their neighbors who live closer to them who know them best they dont trust t...

Today that will begin to change. in return for the dramatic changes that iran has accepted for its nuclear program, the international community will be lifting the nuclear related sanctions on irans economy. the relief from sanctions will only start when tehran has met their key initial nuclear commitments. for example, when it has removed the core from the iraq reactor. when it has dismantled the centrifuges it agreed to dismantle. when it shipped out the enriched uranium it agreed to ship out....

Were getting reaction from around the world on the deal to limit irans nuclear program and over time lift economic sanctions on iran. the iranian president says it opens new horizons. republicans on capitol hill seem to be saying its dead on arrival. president obama praised the agreement and says if members of congress are worried about inspections, they should not be. becau . >> because of this deal, we will for the first time be able to verify all these commitments. that mean this is deal is n...

>> great question. this is only a starting point. if this deal is going to work both sides are going to have to really live up to their commitments. and demonstrate that theyre living up to commitments exactly the point that abby was raising. as far as zarif, iranians this is another great unknown. i got the know foreign minister zarif when he was irans ambassador to the united nations. i have no doubt that he would love to have a better relationship with the united states as well as the rest of...

A stumbling block, the possible military dimensions the questions iran hadnt answered about the use of its nuclear technology. we heard from the general at the iaea the international atomic energy agency it is his organization that will be tasked with overseeing irans compliance to whatever it agrees to in the deal we are expected to be announced. what he said is significant. he said he believe head had agreement and commitments from iran now to answer those possible military dimension questions...

Modify the core of its reactor in iraq so that it will not produce weapons-grade blue continue to yum and it has agreed to ship the spent fuel out of the kun trip for the lifetime of the reactor. for at least the next 15 years, iran will not build any new heavy water reactors. because of this deal we will for the first time be in a position to verify all of these commitments. that means this deal is not built on trust. it is built on verification. inspectors will have 24/7 access to irans key nu...

Relief which is so key here for iran. talking about snap back on sanctions if iran doesnt meet the commitments that it appears to be making that from irans position they thought the united states was never going to let them out from under sanctions and they wanted to get those clear and start again and certainly that would be important for domestic consumption in iran to show hardliners that negotiators here had got what they were asking for. so this has been one of the big issues. how precisely...