P5+1 And Iran Agree On Framework For Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action, Sanctions Easing Expected June 2015

On April 2, 2014, the P5+1 (the United States, Germany, France, the UK, Russia, and China) and Iran reached an agreed-upon framework outlining the roadmap for a future agreement surrounding Iran's nuclear program that would include suspension of U.S. and EU nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran. The U.S. Department of State published the key parameters of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ("JCPOA") framework, decided in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key parameters, highlights included below, will form the basis of the JCPOA, which must be brokered by June 30, 2015. This announcement comes after years of tense and at times hostile relations between the United States and Iran. Beginning in 2013, the P5+1, coordinated by the European Union's High Representative, and Iran entered into negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, and reached an agreement over limited sanctions relief in November 24, 2014. We previously described those efforts here.