Nucléaire iranien: accord pour six mois

L'Iran accepte une pause dans le développement de son programme nucléaire en échange d'un allègement des sanctions valant entre 6 et 7 milliards de dollars. L'entente négociée avec six pays (États-Unis, Chine, Angleterre, France, Russie et Allemagne) débute le 20 janvier. Un pas dans la bonne direction vers un règlement à long terme?

 "The announcement follows up on the breakthrough agreement reached in Geneva late last year after a decade of rising animosity and suspicion between Iran and much of the rest of the world over the country’s advanced nuclear development. The six-month agreement halts the most worrisome nuclear work and rolls back some of Iran’s sophisticated advances, but it stops far short of ensuring that the country can never develop a weapon if it chooses to do so.

The weeks of bargaining to put the November agreement in force were more difficult than anticipated, with one brief walkout by Iranian envoys and rancor among the bloc of nations that negotiated the deal. Russia and China, long Iran’s protectors at the United Nations, pushed the United States to accept technical concessions that further make clear that Iran will retain the ability to enrich uranium, a key Iranian demand, once a final set of restrictions on its program is approved.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/iran-nuclear-deal-takes-big-step-forward/2014/01/12/710e3716-7bcd-11e3-97d3-b9925ce2c57b_story.html