Iran framework agreement should boost regional diplomacy
The P5+1 and Iran agree on "detailed political agreement" for nuclear deal; Saudi Arabia, Iran hasten Yemen’s collapse; Netanyahu, Erdogan weigh in on Yemen.
Obama: nuclear framework a 'historic opportunity'
US President Barack Obama said on April 2 that the framework agreement reached between the six world powers and Iran represents “[a] historic opportunity to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in Iran, and to do so peacefully, with the international community firmly behind us.”
As Laura Rozen reported from Lausanne, the result of marathon negotiations was a “far more detailed political agreement for a final Iran nuclear deal than had been expected.”
In Israel, Ben Caspit reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inner circle was “shocked into silence” before going on offense. Following a telephone call with Obama, Netanyahu railed against the deal, saying it “would legitimize Iran’s nuclear program, bolster Iran’s economy and increase Iran’s aggression and terror throughout the Middle East and beyond.”
