JCPOA

Why in News?

• Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) barely reaches conclusion after bilateral talks

About

• The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, is an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program reached in Vienna on 14 July 2015, between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council—China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States—plus Germany)together with the European Union

• JCPOA is likely to defuse a mounting sense of crisis surrounding Iran’s nuclear activities

• The JCPOA agreement had allowed Iran to accumulate small amounts of uranium for research but it banned the enrichment of uranium, which is used to make reactor fuel and nuclear weapons

• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was instrumental in enforcing the agreement by monitoring Iran and conducting inspections