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(AP) - Iran on Monday cut the connection to centrifuges enriching uranium at one of its nuclear facilities, beginning the implementation of its deal with six world powers.
Here's a look at the terms of the deal, as recently announced by the White House:
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What Iran has committed to do:
_Halt production of near 20 percent enriched uranium and disable the centrifuge process used to produce it.
_Start neutralizing its near 20 percent enriched uranium stockpile.
_Refrain from enriching uranium in nearly half of the installed centrifuges at its Natanz site and three-quarters of installed centrifuges at its Fordow site.
_Limit centrifuge production to what's needed to replace damaged machines.
_Refrain from building additional enrichment facilities or advancing research and development of enrichment.
_Refrain from commissioning, fueling or adding reactor components to its Arak reactor, and halt the production and additional testing of fuel for the reactor.
_Refrain from building a facility capable of reprocessing, which would allow Iran to separate out plutonium, which could be used to make nuclear bombs.
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If Iran keeps its end of the bargain, the six nations and the EU have committed to:
_Suspend implementation of sanctions on Iran's petrochemical exports and sanctions on goods imported for use in its automotive industry.
_Suspend sanctions on Iran's import and export of gold and other precious metals.
_Pause efforts to further curtail Iranian crude oil purchases by six economies.
_Free up Iranian money to help pay the educational costs of young Iranians, many of whom are attending U.S. colleges and universities.
_Raise tenfold the ceilings for money transfers to and from Iran.
_Take actions to ease Iran's access to $4.2 billion in restricted Iranian funds in several installments.
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