Thomas M. Countryman: “The problem with having a gold standard is it needs to have two things. It needs to be replicable, and it actually needs…”

The agreement is important to both governments. It serves as a commitment to each other that we are both determined to remain both technical and commercial leaders in the global nuclear power industry.

In an environment as conflictive and combustible as the Middle East, making sure that a country like Iran does not have a nuclear weapon has to be a strategic goal of utmost importance.

This agreement is not a commercial contract. It does not provide for the sale of nuclear equipment or technology to China.

We believe that, through JCPOA, Iran has given up its ambition of a nuclear weapon and has submitted to an international structure of intervention and compliance.