Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, shown here after news of the deal was revealed, said it is "not perfect for anybody but it is what we could accomplish." He called it an "important achivement for all of us."

Live Blog: Iran Nuclear Deal

July 14, 2015 09:07 CET

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Final Summary

-- Iran and major global powers sealed a landmark deal to curb Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, taking a giant step to end a confrontation that has poisoned ties, isolated the Islamic nation, and raised the specter of a new war in the Middle East.

-- U.S. President Barack Obama has called Benjamin Netanyahu to assuage Israeli concerns over the landmark deal.

-- Obama's administration still faces potential hurdles in the U.S. Congress, where lawmakers offered reactions to the deal ranging from wariness to outrage.

-- Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country has been Tehran's strongest supporter in the UN Security Council and vocally opposes U.S. and EU sanctions against Iran, said the deal would contribute to combatting terrorism in the Middle East.

-- From potentially stoking a Middle East arms race, to enabling political reforms in Iran, to undercutting Russia’s energy might by freeing up massive oil and gas supplies, here are some possible implications of the agreement.

-- Find a comprehensive timeline of the Iran nuclear talks here.

-- More about the origins of Iran's nuclear program here.

-- For reaction on the streets of Tehran, click here

-- For Israeli reactions to the deal, click here and here

NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Tehran

11:06 14.7.2015

LATEST: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif praises the "historic" agreement, describing it as a "win-win" solution to the dispute over Iran's nuclear program.

11:05 14.7.2015

LATEST: European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the nuclear agreement "can open a new chapter in international relatipns."

11:02 14.7.2015

IRNA SAY EU, US ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON IRAN WILL BE LIFTED WHEN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEAL STARTS

11:01 14.7.2015

IRNA SAYS BANS ON IRAN TO BUY CERTAIN DUAL-USE MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGY WILL END UNDER THE NUCLEAR DEAL WITH POWERS

11:01 14.7.2015

IRNA SAYS ARMS EMBARGO WILL BE LIFTED, SOME NEW RESTRICTIONS WILL BE REPLACED, TEHRAN CAN IMPORT, EXPORT ARMS "CASE BY CASE"

11:01 14.7.2015

VIENNA - IRAN'S STATE NEWS AGENCY SAYS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF IRAN'S FROZEN ASSETS WILL BE RELEASED UNDER NUCLEAR DEAL WITH POWERS

11:01 14.7.2015

IRNA SAYS SANCTIONS ON IRAN'S CENTRAL BANK, NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY, SHIPPING LINES, IRAN AIR, MANY OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND PEOPLE WILL BE LIFTED UNDER NUCLEAR DEAL

11:00 14.7.2015

Israeli journalist Lahav Harkov told RFE/RL:

"Israelis are defiant in general, so I'm not hearing a lot of open fear, more things like, 'We know how to defend ourselves.'"

There is also a "sense of betrayal by the U.S. People on the right are angry at Obama, and on the left they blame Bibi [Netanyahu] for not being closer to Obama," Harkov says.

10:58 14.7.2015

In another step toward ending the confrontation over Iran's nuclear program, Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), agreed on a "road map" aimed to clear up questions about Tehran's past nuclear activity.

The document, signed in Vienna on July 14 by IAEA head Yukiya Amano and Iran's nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, aims to resolve by the end of 2015 "all past and present outstanding issues that have not already been resolved by the IAEA and Iran."

Amano said that future international access to Iran's Parchin military site, which the IAEA had repeatedly sought, is part of a separate "arrangement." Salehi said Iran's "red lines" on access to Parchin had been respected, the Iranian news agency ISNA reported.

10:57 14.7.2015

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