ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — The world is captivated by Iran’s tentative deal to halt its nuclear program, but none may be more engrossed in the nation’s future than its own people.
After more than 20 months of deliberations, Iran and six world powers reached a tentative agreement early Tuesday to curb the country’s nuclear program in exchange for lifting some economic sanctions.
Iranians watched President Obama in his early-morning remarks that were carried on Iranian state television in a rare move he hopes will open relations with Iran. Citizens followed the news online and on their smartphones.
Once global authorities verify that Iran is keeping its promise to dismantle much of its nuclear program, major economic sanctions, such as trade embargoes, will be lifted.
The move is expected to release more than $100 billion in frozen Iranian assets and increase the global oil supply.
ABC’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz, the only western reporter in Iran the day the historic agreement was announced, spent the day outside the former American Embassy to get reaction from Iranians on the tentative deal.
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