According to the White House:
After many months [Ed: years?] of principled diplomacy, the P5+1 -- the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia and Germany -- along with the European Union, have achieved a long-term comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran that will verifiably prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and ensure that Iran's nuclear program will be exclusively peaceful going forward.
Reported at BBC, NYT, Reuters, and everywhere else. President Obama spoke about the deal for 15 minutes this morning.
The deal has been praised by Syrian President Bashar Assad and slammed by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Text of the "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action."
(Score: 2) by davester666 on Wednesday July 15 2015, @03:39AM
From the bbc article http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33527844 [bbc.com], why does this agreement have to be cancelled by Congress vs being passed by Congress?
As in, based on the BBC article, Congress would have to vote to cancel the agreement, then the president can veto the cancellation, and then Congress would need a 2/3rds majority to force it's cancellation, vs what I expected, that Congress would have to approve the agreement.
It just seems backwards. Are 'regular' trade agreements also like this?