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Contents
S.No. Title Page No.
1. History 3
2. Non-Proliferation Treaty 4
3. The Background 5
4. Sanctions imposed on Iran 6
5. Effects on Iran due to Sanctions 7
6. What is Iran Nuclear deal? 8
7. Reasons why Iran agreed 9
8. Terms of the Deal 10
9. US withdrawal from the Deal 11
10. Impact on India 12
11. Possible Solutions 13
12. Bibliography 14
3. History
• 1950s- US agreed to provide a nuclear reactor to Iran
• 1968- Iran signs Non-proliferation treaty (NPT)
• After Iranian Revolution (1979)- US embassy in Iran was attacked
• US supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88)
• In 1984, started making nuclear bombs
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4. Non-Proliferation Treaty
• Signed on July 01, 1968 and
became effective from
March 5, 1970
• 189 States Parties
• Three Main Pillars:
(a) Non Proliferation
(b) Disarmament
(c) Peaceful Use
• Reviewed every 5 years
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5. The Background
• 2002- Iran suspected
facilities
to have nuclear
• Continued proceeding with nuclear
international
developments despite
opposition
• 2006- UN imposed sanctions on Iran,
followed by similar actions from the USA
& the EU
• Bitter confrontations broke out between
Iran and the world powers
• Crude oil, prices went through a volatile
period
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6. Sanctions imposed on Iran
• Oil embargo
• Ban on dealing in the property
• Complete arms embargo
• Ban on the export of all items, materials, equipment, goods, & technology
• Total economic embargo
• Ban on all Iranian-origin imports, sanctions on Iranian financial institutions
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7. Effects on Iran due to Sanctions
• Shrinking of GDP
• High Inflation between 50% to 70% in 2013
• Cut off from the world Economic System
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8. Iran Nuclear Deal
• The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was reached between
Iran and the US, the UK, Russia, France, China, Germany and the EU in July
2015
• Reached to ensure Iran's nuclear program will be "exclusively peaceful"
• IAEA announced on “Implementation day" on Jan 16, 2016 and US then
agreed to lift nuclear-related sanctions on Iran
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9. Reasons why Iran agreed
• UNSC, EU, USA sanctions will be lifted
• Iran can freely trade in international market, borrow loans from AIIB,
World Bank etc
• Crude oil prices declined, and given the economic sanction, Iran has not
much to export
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10. Terms of the Deal
Centrifuge Limitation
Level of Enrichment
Limitation
Facility Limitation
Stockpile Limitation
Centrifuge R&D
Arak Reactor
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11. US withdrawal form the deal
• Donald Trump on May 08, 2018 withdrew from the Iran nuclear
agreement
• Trump claimed that Iran is building a nuclear program
• US to re-impose sanctions on Iran
• Germany, France and UK concerned about Trump’s decision
• Israeli PM supported Trump’s decision
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12. Possible Solutions
• Rewriting the deal
• Diplomatic Effort
• Role of European Union
• Political Solution
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