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Wall Street Journal
November 8, 2013
Iran and world powers expect to announce an initial deal as early as Friday to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for an easing of sanctions, a step that would mark the first breakthrough in a decade to blunt the threat of Tehran developing nuclear weapons.
Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius are traveling to Geneva Friday to complete the deal. President Barack Obama described the emerging agreement Thursday in an interview with NBC News, saying that if Iran doesn’t live up to its end, “we can crank that dial back up” on sanctions.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Mr. Kerry will head to Geneva “in an effort to help narrow the differences in negotiations” between Iran and six major powers.
The two sides were jointly preparing a draft agreement ahead of a likely announcement, said Iranian and Western officials, although the plan could still unravel. The White House already faces major opposition both from its allies in the Middle East and members of Congress. Israel, in particular, has been deeply skeptical.
Mr. Kerry is flying to Geneva from Israel where he had met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who slammed the negotiations with Iran Friday, saying the agreement being negotiated “is a very bad deal.”
“They wanted relief of sanctions after years of a grueling sanctions regime. They are paying nothing because they are not in any way reducing their nuclear-enrichment capability,” he told reporters.
“Israel is not obliged by this agreement and Israel will do everything it needs to do to defend itself.”
