Details of historic nuclear deal

Major powers have clinched a historic deal aimed at ensuring Iran does not obtain the nuclear bomb, opening up Tehran's stricken economy.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (AAP) Source: AP

DETAILS OF HISTORIC NUCLEAR DEAL BETWEEN IRAN AND MAJOR POWERS:

- reached on day 18 of marathon talks in Vienna

- deal resolves 13-year stand-off over Iran's nuclear ambitions

- places strict limits on Iran's nuclear activities for at least a decade

- calls for stringent UN oversight

- an international arms embargo against Iran will remain for five years but deliveries would be possible with special permission of the UN Security Council

- Tehran to allow the UN atomic watchdog tightly controlled "managed access" to military bases; UN nuclear watchdog will have to verify that Iran does indeed scale down its facilities

- Tehran will slash by around two-thirds the number of centrifuges from around 19,000 to 6,104

- international sanctions that have slashed the oil exports of OPEC's fifth-largest producer by a quarter will be lifted

- billions of dollars in frozen assets will be unblocked

- US Congress has 60 days to review the agreement

- the Iranian parliament and the UN Security Council also have to approve it

- France says it expects UN Security Council approval "within days"


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