Avatar photoMonitoring Provisions of the Iran Agreement

This assessment of the core monitoring provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is necessarily hurried and preliminary. I invite ACW readers to weigh in with their comments. The text of key provisions follows my first-cut assessment. The agreement’s provisions are extremely complex and detailed. Reading the fine print brings flashbacks of the most …

Avatar photoVisualizing the Iran Deal

I’ve got a new column up at Foreign Policy on the Iran deal. Sadly, while we made this nice graphic, we couldn’t use it. So, I am sharing it with you here, dear readers. I also think you should read Michael Krepon’s series on the deal: 1, 2.

Avatar photoIran Deal: Reading The Fine Print

The text of the nuclear limitation agreement with Iran (AKA “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”) has been released and can be found here [link fixed]. Several key provisions are reprinted below. I’ll post key verification provisions separately, with my assessment of their utility.

Avatar photoE3/EU+3 or P5+1

I am getting punchy waiting for an Iran deal.  In case you are confused/annoyed/amused by the interchangeable use of E3/EU+3 and P5+1.