particularly the political director and deposit any ministers who have done most of the work throughout this process. i should also thank those who helped this process other governments. the former -- the two former high representatives. and also particularly federica and others in making this process come to fruition thank you. >> thank you very much. we will now proceed to the adoption of the agreement and then we would move to the media. thank you very much. in some organizations this ends the public session of our plenery.

thank you. >> so we have been hearing there from the eu foreign policy there and the iran foreign minister zarif, two players in the negotiations and they are saying this wasn't a perfect deal but it could be the start of a new chapter of hope james base has been monitoring all of this for us in vienna. james, this is pretty much what we expected and then they will be going into a private session to formally take up this deal. what do we know so far about what is inside it? >> well we certainly have some details about what is inside it but they worked on this for a very long time and i can tell

you it's over 100 pages long and there are five different annexes attached to the deal, they were doing the detail on this until the early morning and there were sticking points until the end and you heard dr. zarif there say today could have been the hope in his view if they hadn't signed the deal but they are as they are ratifying it and it passes the deal and there is another important step that they want and that is for the deal to go. we think very soon this month and probably as soon as a week or so to the u.n. security council where it will be ratified there and the u.n. security council if they pass a resolution that makes it into national law and the comments there that we heard that took place interestingly in the u.n. and the current process of the rebooted process started

actually at the u.n. in geneva and rather fitting in the u.n. and this is an analyst who has followed every twist and turn of this process and first very quickly your reaction to the fact there is a deal. >> i think we are all very fortunate we had the opportunity to witness history and not many people had the opportunity to do that in their lifetime and if they are not able to fulfill their end of the bargain then it's a security achievement. >> you have been to briefings and from what we have learned from briefings and speaking to diplomates and other information tell me how they have sold the sticking points and the two main sticking points were the security council sanctions and lifting the sanctions on iran and the access for inspectors on the ground and let's start with the first one, will the inspectors as some demanded be

able to go anywhere, any time. >> and it's not the principle that will be applied here and it's going to be called managed access and there there be an adjudication process that lasts anywhere between 35-65 days where they can discuss access to a particular site and justification for access and a vote for majority rules and it's democratic from what we have heard so far about what managed access will work regarding the proliferation treaty above and beyond what they will adhere to. >> the sanctions, tell us about how they resolved the final problem there i think which was the issue of iran's arms embargo and the issue of iran's missiles which are mainly conventional issues and could potentially be used for a war head and iran

wanted them lifted straight away. >> iran said we have no problem putting limitations on arms we export or import as long as there is a beginning, a middle and an end to those limitations so the duration of those limitations will be in years but precisely because there is an end to the process there will not be an arms embargo indefinitely at any security resolution and it will be cod codified in the resolution or nonbinding and between countries and we are not sure which one just yet. >> when we are in various locations where the talks took place in washington d.c. and you know the views on capitol hill and from parts of the arab world and israel and having heard the views this deal is not going to satisfy everyone. >> no deal ever does and the good fortune in washington is

that most people will say they will release the deal in its entirety so everybody around the world will be able to look and scrutinize it and when president obama takes it to the hill this is something he can win and he will win like healthcare and appealing to america rather than to the senators and congressman. >> and zarif and rohani who will address the people soon do they have a hard sell as well? >> on iran side it's different because iran parliament aseeded the council and have spoken out in favor of the deal and it's more of a cumbersome process in washington than tehran. >> thank you very much for joining us here on al jazeera as we dissect a deal a deal we

don't actually have in our possession yet, we don't have copies with all the details but we are speaking to numerous diplomates. remember there are seven different delegations and governments that have been negotiating and trying to pick as many details as we can out of this deal before we actually get the formal documents. >> all right, for the moment james base joining us live from vienna and confirmation of the deal on iran's nuclear program and i want to tell you a few details about what we are getting on what is inside that deal. we are hearing that sanctions on iran's sanctions obviously a major issue for iran's economy and hearing sanctions on the country's bank the national iran oil company and shipping lines and many other institutions will be lifted under this deal that was expected, this coming from

iran state news agency and saying billions of dollars in iran's frozen assets to be released under this deal with the powers other details coming up, which we are hoping to hear as well but lots of reaction to come on this not the least of which is likely to be from washington where we will go live to now and allen fisher is standing by there and it's still in the early hours of the morning there allen and many people waking up to this news what are lawmakers likely to be saying about this? >> it's hard to make a sweeping statement and many republicans are against this deal and said they are against the deal and scott walker became the latest candidate for the nomination and said when he was running for president 12 hours ago and at the state house if elected he would kill the deal and the problem with barack obama is there will be a massive effort

against the bill and netanyahu said he will do what he can to kill the bill and activating allies on capitol hill in washington d.c. activating lobby groups to fight against the bill and take the message to the people saying this is a bad deal for them and what barack obama has in his favor is 150 democrats and why is that good? if there is any bill that goes to congress in the united states which says you can't lift sanctions and can't do a deal with iran and it will go to barack obama and he will veto it and congress can over ride a veto if he has votes but he has around 150 congress men and women saying no this deal has to go through, it's a good idea and it's good what america is doing and shows that positive engagement works and seen as a significant part of the obama legacy and therefore he is probably got enough votes to get this through. so the idea that congress will kill this bill i think is highly unlikely but it won't stop very

vocal opposition to this bill particularly from republicans who have been weary about the process and said they want to kill the bill before they see details so it's going to be an interesting battle over the next 60 days here in the u.s. >> allen fisher live for us there from washington and lots more reaction we are expecting from the u.s. over the coming hours on this historic agreement, this agreement of course marks a significant turning point in iran's relationship with the u.s. which for decades was characterized by deception and miss trust and both countries realized the importance of putting away hostilities with a nuclear deal and tom ackerman reports. >> i do believe there is a resolution. >> reporter: barack obama after his 2013 to iran president rohani the first contact by the leaders in decades, improvement

in relations between iran and the u.s. a relationship cemented in the cold war year of 1953 when the u.s. with britain engineered the over throw of the democratically elected prime minister. the shaw restores to the throne and ruled as a brutal monarch for the next 26 years until he was ousted in 1979 by followers of the homani and he called the u.s. the great satin for supporting the shaw and stoked revenge and held diplomates and hostages for 144 days. >> the actions by the radical students was a key element in intensifying a strain in relations and the hostility with which iran rhetoric has addressed the u.s. >> reporter: hostages eventually released on january 20, 1981 the day that ronald

reagan took office a final snub to jimmy carter who tried a rescue attempt and sanctions against iran and billions against arms and intelligence with sadam-hussain and a down ing of this missile killing all aboard and it's a consequence of fighting with iran forces in the gulf and hezbollah, the proxy in lebanon took more american hostages and led to another political scandal in washington and reagan's secret program to funnel arms to iran in exchange for their freedom and it's build up to the 2003 invasion of iraq and president george bush branded it with iraq and korea as a global menace. >> states like these and allies constitute an axis of evil.

>> reporter: iran's leader has maintained the hostile rhetoric against the u.s. >> always backing up this insecurity and it's america and their agents. it is they who promote terrorism. >> today american's concern about their nuclear program with the islamic republican ambitions across the northwest. >> inspires to a major role and put iran and the u.s. at cross heads on many major regional issues. >> reporter: yet the u.s. and ran find themselves in common cause against the taliban in afghanistan and now against i.s.i.l. but that does not mean their differences have been bridged, tom ackerman al jazeera, washington. foreign policy chief

federicka gave her statement on that and here is what she had to say. >> it's a decision that can open the way to a new chapter in international relations and show that diplomacy, coordination cooperation can overcome decades of tensions and confrontations i think this is a sign of hope for the entire world and we will know that it is very much needed in these times. >> let me begin by expressing my appreciation to everybody, to those who started this process and those who have continued this process in order to reach a win-win solution on what in our view was an unnecessary crisis and open new horizons for dealing with serious problems that affect our international community. i believe this is a historic moment. we are reaching an agreement

that is not perfect for anybody but it is what we could accomplish and it is an important achievement for all of us. today could have been the end of hope on this issue but now we are starting a new chapter of hope and let's build on that and let's consider this everybody's achievement. >> to the main players there involved in this deal giving their statement on the iran nuclear program and hearing from zarif the foreign minister and neighborhoods following the talks in jee enthat especially israel and saudi arabia and israel is suspicious of iran intentions and has been throughout and worried the country could be capable of developing a nuclear bomb even after this deal and saudi arabia wants sanctions to remain in place and says a stronger iran economy will mean more iran

interference in lebanon and iraq and could be a goal for states and it's a large trading point with them and the other side of the gulf. and we are live in jerusalem and has been following the israeli reaction to all of this and not surprisingly the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu not impressed with this deal pretty unequivocal in his reaction. >> indeed very unequivocal and really says a lot about how mr. netanyahu feels about the deal, the fact he made a televised statement criticizing this agreement that has been reached by these foreign powers and iran. before this announcement, before the deal was publically announced now what mr. netanyahu said, he said that this deal effectively gives, and i quote,

iran a short path to a nuclear weapon and he also said it would ensure that iran receives hundreds of billions of dollars to and i quote spread terrorism and said this was a bad mistake of historical proportions and levelling a lot of criticism against the deal the deal he has been the most focal critic about since the talks began. >> it will be interesting to see we will have a larger public reaction to this and obviously the israeli prime minister has a lot of support and his starts on this deal but what has been the kind of general reaction from the public to this and how are they likely to see this? >> it's really interesting and iran sort of occupies this space

in the psyche and obviously when you have a prime minister like netanyahu who has been a public figure in israel for many many years and has been prime minister now four times and throughout his career he has consistently reiterated the threat of iran and now here we have it his fourth term as prime minister and not consecutive but serving as prime minister he is now despite his criticism and despite the fact he traveled to the united states and in opposition to the white house to make an address to the white white house to criticize this deal and here we have a deal that has been agreed and widely seen as a deal that is going to be part of president obama's lasting foreign policy legacy. what is interesting here in israel is that opposition politicians are fiercely criticizing mr. netanyahu because according to them he

failed to stop this deal from happening so he is currently under a lot of pressure and as we were hearing from my colleague allen fisher in washington that mr. netanyahu and indeed israel will certainly be calling on their supporters in the united states to put as much pressure as they can on the white house to ensure that this deal doesn't happen but, again, as we have been hearing it looks all but certain that it will. >> it certainly does and we are joining you from jerusalem and we actually have a clip of what the israeli prime minister actually said and here it is. >> but our concern of course is that the militant islamic state of iran is going to receive a sure path to nuclear weapons, many of the restrictions that were supposed to prevent it from getting there will be lifted and iran will get a jackpot, a cash

bonanza, hundreds of millions of dollars that allow it to continue with terror in the region and the world. this is a bad mistake of stark proportions. >> and iran says they will give iran the resources to consolidate influence in the middle east and we report. >> reporter: with this historic nuclear agreement iran people can throw off the decade long of sanctions and experts are expected to sky rocket and billions of dollars in trade and investment in sectors such as oil, aviation technology and housing could be pumped into the iran economy. >> iran is a gold mine with a huge population and a very able citizenry that can work and be creative and do more than just manual labor, it has a strong regional

regional links and it has years and years of missed opportunities to makeup for. >> it could be a new era for iran in terms of a reconfigured role and with the sanctions iran's influence only grew and currently iran is the main shia power broker in the middle east and war in yemen it's backing the rebel houthis who pushed the president in exile and the president and allies are drawing support from a saudi-led coalition. >> saudi arabia is iran's primary rival in the region and has been a constant critic of any nuclear deal. >> reporter: iran has also extended its reach in iraq it's training and advising shia fighters in the battle against i.s.i.l. and propping up a government with money, weapons and man power. the shia armed group hezbollah also sent fighters to the syrian

front lines and they say if saudi arabia and the gulf cooperation council continue to take a hard line stance iran's influence could be contained somewhat. >> it would expand vastly in economic fields and technological fields and they are advanced technologically and social and cultural and tourism and education and things like that. and the back of that you will get a strong political new relationships. >> reporter: now that the u.s. and iran have reached a datont after years of being enemies iran's position is expected to shift in the middle east exactly how can't be predicted. al jazeera. so as you have been hearing there a deal that is likely to have implications across the middle east emran-kaan is in iraqky capitol baghdad and how are they likely to view this

agreement? >> i can tell you there is a real sense of relief there is a deal of this kind of proportion and a real fear here a the americans and the west would not be able to come to an agreement with iran and that would impact here in iraq but now this agreement has likely been reached and looks like the agreement will pass and there is a real sense of relief and the americans and iran anti rack ky-- and they are fighting on the ground here so iraqis are stuck in the middle between the sides and the fear was if no agreement was reached then iraqis simply would go with their natural allies which are the irans and they have always been there since the invasion and occupation in 2003 but now this has been reached there is this real sense of relief particularly from the shia-led government and not much

from sunnis and kurds and i'm sure it will come in the coming hours or so but from the shia-led government and analysts i have spoken to there is a sense of relief and this may help the relationship between the irans and americans when it comes to fighting i.s.i.l. in iraq. >> with the u.s. going forward how is that likely to affect things? >> here is the deal, what we have in iraq is a situation with the iran people on the same side and you have u.s. led air strikes and commanders and forces brigades helping out the forces. what iraqis would like to see post the agreement is more cooperation between those two countries and groups of people to try and defeat i.s.i.l. the coalition, the u.s. led coalition air strikes are working in certain places and managing to cutoff i.s.i.l. supply lines and on the ground fighting is done by iran backed

malitia and security forces and what they would like to see and also what the iraqis want to see is much more trade and technological assistance between iran and iraq and we need to be able to be a part of this we are partner in this but want you to have a closer working relationship than you have had in the past. >> joining us live there from the iraqi capitol baghdad. al jazeera senior political analyst is giving his perspective on all of this for us from london and in terms of the larger implications this has for the middle east as a whole we talked earlier about how arab and sunni arab countries will react to this and heard from israel as well and both opposed to this but for different reasons. >> that is true and let me

finish zarif's statement for him and he just told us that this deal is not perfect for anyone but it's important for everyone and i would add and it might change everything in the middle east at least it will effect everything in the middle east. it is that important and certainly it's important to those two parties that are most concerned, saudi arabia and israel and here and our viewers around the world to make things clear we need to separate two issues and are very much related and need to be looked at separately and one is the nuclear deal itself and what does it mean in terms of verifying limitations on iran's nuclear program and lifting of sanctions, that is one. two, what are the implications of a freer, stronger, more robust iran for the rest of the middle east region? i would say for the oil markets and for western parts in the

middle east, for american alliances in the region and israel and policies and for the islamists in the middle east and for saudi arabia and its policy in yemen, for iraq forcier yeah for i.s.i.s., for turkey for afghanistan and pakistan, so i think this deal is going to have historic major implication for the rest of the middle east that we will see as you know as the days come upon us that if the actual nuclear deal is dealt with, with good will then we will see that the implications in the middle east will go a certain way. if there is bad intention in not respecting the deal then it will have a totally different implication for the middle east region. >> and there has been concern expressed in a number of arab

capitols that for those who are opposed to this iran deal that it has the possibility of creating an arms race in the middle east the possibility of a saudi arabia perhaps might pursue nuclear weapons program, is that really likely or is that just a lot of rhetoric? >> see, once again i think here is a good place to differentiate between the nuclear deal and implications. certainly i think saudi arabia by the way and the rest of the arab world and i would suspect many israelis would be happy to see limitations verifiable limitations on nuclear deal if that is true for the deal and if it's a deal that gives us that sort of verified limitation on iran nuclear program and no one is opposed to making sure that iran if it wants to produce a

nuclear bomb. what does this mean for iran after the deal, after the sanctions are lifted especially if there is anything of the sanctions on military imports and so on and so forth and that is where the arabs are worried and they are worried as well as israelis i would say for different reasons as i mentioned earlier that an iran that has been implicated in syria and implicated in iraq as well as in yemen in different forms but as far as the arab neighbors in negative and destructive ways especially with assad and support to the shia malitias in iraq and arabs will be multiplied in the months and years to come because iran will have more money to spend, it will have more relations, stronger relations with certain countries including russia but

certainly extends to european partners that are also banging on the doors of tehran for commercial deals. >> for the moment giving us senior political analyst gives us perspective on this deal from london london. so just to recab then our top story of the day an agreement finally reached foreign ministers from iran and six world powers have announced a nuclear deal in vienna and holding a roundtable meeting as we speak with hours of talks to find list that pact and curbs the program in exchange for relief from sanctions and zarif described it as a historic agreement. here is what the eu foreign policy chief and iran's foreign minister had to see a little earlier this hour as they began their meeting. >> it is a decision that can open the