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World powers have reached a deal with Iran on limiting Iranian nuclear activity in return for
the lifting of international economic sanctions.
US President Barack Obama said that with the deal, "every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off"
for Iran.
His Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, said it opened a "new chapter" in Iran's relations with the
world.
Negotiations between Iran and six world powers - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany
- began in 2006.
The so-called P5+1 want Iran to scale back its sensitive nuclear activities to ensure that it cannot
build a nuclear weapon.
Iran, which wants crippling international sanctions lifted, has always insisted that its nuclear work is
peaceful.
After 12 years, world powers had finally "recognised the nuclear activities of Iran", he said.
remove two-thirds of installed centrifuges and store them under international supervision
accept that sanctions would be rapidly restored if the deal was violated
permanently give the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access "where necessary when
necessary"
Sanctions relief would be gradual, Mr Obama said, with an arms embargo remaining in place for
five years and an embargo on missiles for eight years.
Separately, the IAEA and Iran said they had signed a roadmap to resolve outstanding issues.
IAEA head Yukiya Amano told reporters in Vienna, Austria, that his organisation had signed a
roadmap "for the clarification of past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran's nuclear
programme".
He called the agreement a "significant step forward", saying it would allow the agency to "make an
assessment of issues relating to possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme by the
end of 2015".