# Iran, the E3/EU and the EU conclude the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Date: 2015

## The fact

On 14 July 2015 Iran and the E3/EU concluded the JCPOA in Vienna. Khamenei had set red lines and allowed [Rouhani](/people/hassan-rouhani) and Zarif to close.

## Context

Rouhani and Zarif negotiated. [Obama](/people/barack-obama)’s US sat. Neighbouring implementation day is 16 January 2016. He did not sit in the Palais Coburg.

JPOA 2013 is the parent interim. Implementation day 2016 is the child. 2019 reductions are a later reversal.

The Supreme Leader of Iran is commander-in-chief and the highest constitutional authority. He does not write a US presidential strike order, an IAEA Board resolution, or a Hamas military plan. Presidents, the IRGC, and the Guardian Council implement and share specific files.

## Evidence and sources

United Nations Security Council carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

## What is established and what is not

Established: 14 July 2015 JCPOA conclusion, independently reported, with his publicly stated red lines and permission to close.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Rouhani and Zarif negotiated. The E3/EU signed.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Iran, the E3/EU and the EU conclude the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, not a later speech about Iran, the E3/EU and the EU conclude the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Iran, the E3/EU and the EU conclude the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 2015-07-14 is not a licence to treat every later United Nations Security Council communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Iran, the E3/EU and the EU conclude the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He set red lines and allowed the close. Rouhani and Zarif negotiated. The E3/EU signed. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Ali Khamenei: https://factrail.ai/people/ali-khamenei

## Drivers

- Sanctions Pressure: https://factrail.ai/drivers/sanctions-pressure
- Energy Security: https://factrail.ai/drivers/energy-security

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-idUSKCN0PO08L20150714
- https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/2231/background

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ir-jcpoa-2015