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But Israel says nuclear pact is ‘historic mistake’ IRAN’S most likely path to building nuclear bombs has been cut off after a historic agreement was signed in Geneva yesterday. Amid scenes of celebration, the former ‘rogue nation’ has agreed to stop enriching uranium beyond five per cent and ‘neutralise’ its stockpile. It will also give greater access to inspectors including daily visits to its Natanz and Fordo nuclear sites. In return it will get about €5billion of sanctions lifted. But Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called the deal a historic mistake. He said Britain, France, Russia, China and the US have given far too much to Iran. He insisted Israel was not bound by the deal and reserves the right to defend itself. ‘Today, the world became a much more dangerous place because the most dangerous regime in the world made a significant step in obtaining the most dangerous weapons in the world,’ he said. A year ago it looked as if missile strikes would be carried out on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
by tarIq tahIr But severe sanctions and a change of leaderships has brought Iran to the negotiating table. The West now has six months to negotiate a permanent nuclear treaty with Iran. US president Barack Obama said: ‘For the first time in nearly a decade, we have halted the progress of the Iranian nuclear programme, and key parts of the programme will be rolled back.’ British foreign secretary William Hague said there was a ‘very different’ and ‘sincere’ approach from Iran since the government of president Hassan Rouhani took office. ‘This is a change in behaviour by Iran and we should respond constructively and openly to that,’ he said. Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif insisted his country had an ‘inalienable right’ to enrich uranium. But he said the agreement was an important first step to putting an end to a ‘rather sad chapter’.
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FORWARD MARCH: The President yesterday paid tribute to the Irish Volunteers who laid the foundations for freedom with the formation of Óglaigh na hÉireann – now the Irish defence forces – 100 years ago today. Joined by Taoiseach Enda Kenny at a public ceremony in the Garden of Remembrance, Michael D Higgins said: ‘This was an army drawn from people who were motivated to rise and to vindicate the unfulfilled hopes and aspirations for freedom of the previous generations, men and women anxious to live up to their responsibilities as they saw them towards future generations’ PICTURE: Pa
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