Iran nuclear deal as it happened - 14 July 2015

Summary

World powers agree comprehensive deal with Iran on its nuclear programme
Iran limits its sensitive activities in return for lifting of sanctions
Iran hails "historic deal" and EU welcomes "sign of hope for the entire world"
But Israel's Netanyahu condemns "historic mistake"
US Congress must still approve deal
All times in BST (GMT+1)

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Tom Geoghegan, Mike Hills and Ashley Gold

Thanks for readingpublished at 20:30
That's all for our live coverage of today's historic nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers. We'll leave you with this video clip of celebrations getting under way in Tehran.
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Victorious tone in Iranpublished at 20:15
Salena Zito, a US-based reporter, tweeted, external a cartoon of Iranian leadership hoisting the Iran flag victoriously, as if to say “We won”.
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Selfies all roundpublished at 19:52
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was obviously in a good mood as he boarded the plane back to Tehran. Here he is posing for photographs with Iranian journalists.
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Praise from Khameneipublished at 19:37
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has thanked the country's negotiators in his first reaction to the nuclear agreement with world powers.
According to his official website, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met President Hassan Rouhani and the cabinet and thanked "the honest and hard-working negotiating team".
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Celebrations in Tehranpublished at 19:17
The streets of Iran's capital were surprisingly quiet earlier, but it seems celebrations are starting to pop up now. It's approaching 23:00 in Tehran and quite a few local journalists are sharing images of crowds gathering across the city.
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Wheels up for Kerrypublished at 18:57
US Secretary of State John Kerry is finally heading home after nearly three weeks of talks.
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Remember, Mr Kerry is still recovering from breaking his leg in a cycling accident in the French Alps in May.
The 71-year-old was in good spirits when he left for Vienna last month, posing with his crutches on board the plane to Austria.
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Kerry phones homepublished at 18:25
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Democrat tweetspublished at 17:34
We have already reported on strident reaction among US Republicans to the deal. Democrats have been more welcoming, although there was a definite note of caution in the reaction.
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Postpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 14 July 2015
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'The deal could stop Iran turning into a hell'published at 15:41
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"Let’s be realistic. The Dollar rate against Rial was rocketing up, and the country was going down the route of war. This deal we may not necessarily turn Iran into a paradise, but at least it stops it from turning into a hell. Mismanagement and sanctions against Iran have taken the inflation rate up to about 40%. So please be fair and don’t say that the deal is making no difference to your lives" - Azar
'A bad deal' - McCainpublished at 15:04
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Republican senator John McCain, a persistent critic of the Obama administrations approach to Iran, has said "all signs point to this being a bad deal".
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I fear this agreement could undermine the very goals we have maintained for 35 years – weakening the Islamic Republic, constraining its threatening influence, strengthening Israel and our Arab partners, lessening regional tensions, and preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.
Tango in Tehranpublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 14 July 2015
When they said this could lead to closer ties between the two countries, we don't think they quite meant this...
'Obama and Netanyahu to talk'published at 14:54
Israeli media reports that the Israeli Prime Minister and US president could talk tonight. Given that Mr Netanyahu has described the deal as "a historic mistake" it could be a frosty conversation.
Israel 'not ruling out' military responsepublished at 14:45
As we have been reporting, some of the strongest criticism has come from Israel, with President Netanyahu calling it a "historic mistake". Newshour, on the BBC World Service, asked Danny Danon, a cabinet minister and member of Mr Netanyahu's Likud Party, what Israel's next step might be.
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First of all we are not part of this deal and we do keep all options on the table. It means we do have the capability to defend ourselves. We understand that we can only count on ourselves. When I see the Iranians sponsoring terror activities in Lebanon, in the Sinai peninsula and in other parts of the Middle East, I understand what will be the next step that they'll take and if we see or feel that we are in danger we do keep our right to defend ourselves.
Russia on arms deliveriespublished at 14:35
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Under the deal, a UN embargo on arms sales to Iran will remain in place for five years. But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who had wanted the restrictions lifted, said they could resume sooner in the right circumstances:
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In the end, a compromise between the Iranians and the Western colleagues has been reached, which we naturally supported along with China, bearing in mind that Iran was fine with it - five years, but within that five-year period arms deliveries to Iran are possible by complying with a procedure of notifying and verification through the U.N. Security Council.
Zarif: 'Deal is a foundation'published at 14:29 British Summer Time 14 July 2015
Iran's chief negotiator has just tweeted about his hopes for further progress
Deal make world 'a safer place'published at 14:21
Unsurprisingly, US Vice-President Joe Biden takes a very different view of the agreement from some of the Republicans we have reported on.
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Insta-Iranpublished at 14:12
Our colleagues who look after the BBC's Instagram page, external , have put together this snapshot of the past few hours' events.
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'Another big win for Obama'published at 14:09 British Summer Time 14 July 2015
Freelance journalist in Karachi, Pakistan, tweets:
Will the deal last?published at 13:53 British Summer Time 14 July 2015
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Translation: This deal will not last for long, even though Obama, Rouhani, the Supreme Leader and the P5+1 are supporting it. The US congress and Iran Parliament will block it.