The deal was reached after intense negotiations and decades of economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the U.S. and its allies. | Photo Credit: The Hindu ArchivesThe sanctions first began in 1979, after the Iran hostage crisis. 1996During Bill Clinton’s second term, the U.S. Congress passed the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act, later renamed as the Iran Sanctions Act as sanctions against Libya were lifted in 2006. 2015The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as the Iran deal, was signed on July 14, 2015 between Iran, the U.S., China, France, Russia, the U.K., Germany and the European Union. Other nuclear facilities in Iran would have to be converted into non-nuclear facilities.

Source: The Hindu May 08, 2018 12:11 UTC