By Sky News US Team
After exhausting and contentious talks, Iran and six world powers have agreed on a framework for a deal that would curb Iran's nuclear programme.
The apparent breakthrough came after talks were twice extended beyond a 31 March deadline to reach an outline for a deal.
Speaking at the White House, President Barack Obama called it a "good deal" that would address concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called it a "win-win outcome".
The deal needs to be finalised by the end of June.
Among some of the key points to the pending deal was Iran's agreement to halt construction of any new uranium enrichment facilities for 15 years, US Secretary of State John Kerry said.
Iran would also reduce its current number of centrifuges from 19,000 to 6,104, and all enriched uranium would be capped at 3.67%, which is standard for civilian nuclear power.
Iran also agreed to reduce its current stockpile of low-enriched uranium from 10,000kg to 300kg for 15 years, Mr Kerry said.
The top US diplomat called Thursday's breakthrough a "critical milestone" in the quest to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
He added, however, that many technical details needed to be worked out ahead of the 30 June deadline for a final accord.
Western powers have been working to reach a deal that would stop Iran from developing the capacity to build a nuclear weapon, in exchange for easing international sanctions that are crippling its economy.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said an end to the nuclear-related sanctions would be "a major step forward" for the Islamic Republic of Iran.
"We have stopped a cycle that was not in the interest of anybody," Mr Zarif said from Switzerland.
"I hope that at the end of this process we will all show that through dialogue and engagement with dignity we can in fact resolve problems, open new horizons and move forward."
According to the framework agreement, the sanctions would only be lifted after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had verified that Iran took all agreed steps.
Mr Obama hailed the breakthrough as "historic".
"It is a good deal - a deal that meets our core objectives," he said.
"This framework would cut off any pathway that Iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon."
Preempting critics of the pending deal, the President added: "If Iran cheats, the world will know. If we see something suspicious we will inspect it."
The American leader also spoke by telephone with Mr Netanyahu, perhaps the sharpest critic of the diplomacy with Iran.
The Israeli prime minister told Obama a deal based on the agreement "would threaten the survival of Israel".
Iran has said its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.
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