Tweeting the Iran Deal

Tweeps from all parts are sharing reactions to the framework for a nuclear agreement just reached between Iran and the P5+1.

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Tweeps from all parts are sharing reactions to the framework for a nuclear agreement just reached between Iran and the P5+1.

Here’s Iranian President Hassan Rouhani thanking his country’s negotiators:

And he’s not the only Iranian celebrating the deal, both on Twitter and IRL:

Of course, not everyone’s cheering. Several hours after the deal’s announcement, newly re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hadn’t yet tweeted a response. But around the time it became clear an announcement was coming, he sounded less than enthused:

For his part, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who’d taken a relatively tough stance toward Iran in the talks, was cautiously optimistic:

(Translation: An interim agreement that includes positive advances, undoubtedly, but there’s still work to do.)

A few hours after the deal was announced, though, Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister and chief negotiator in the talks, was already pushing back against some takes on the deal:

Whether responding to U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry’s statements that working out the deal’s details would take time, or taking aim at detractors at home, Zarif wants to stress that there’s a lot that’s definitive:

The European Union team led by Federica Mogherini, meanwhile, looks pretty happy:

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Justine Drennan was a fellow at Foreign Policy. She previously reported from Cambodia for the Associated Press and other outlets. Twitter: @jkdrennan

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