Just reported on MSNBC - Iranian sanctions are now starting to be lifted
Those sanctions have caused tremendous economic damage to that country, and Iran's cooperation to date with official negotiators attempting to resolve the situation peacefully has resulted in this great news. It is a thumb in the eye to those right-wingers who have been stoking the fires for involving us in yet another war, and it appears there is hope further progress can be made.
I do give much credit to President Obama for this result. He publicly spoke out to those who advocated for war to stand up and speak out. Come out of the closet, put your hand up and your name out there in the public domain. They demurred.
He diligently worked for a peaceful resolution, and for that I am grateful.
Sam
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Emailed out to the Compliance/Import/Export control people at corporations this morning:
http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USTREAS/bulletins/a09231
Implementation of the Joint Plan of Action Reached On November 24, 2013 Between The P5+1 and The Islamic Republic of Iran
U.S. Department of the Treasury sent this bulletin at 01/20/2014 10:52 AM EST
If you go to the page and click through the links you can see all of the bulletins we have to resource for commerce purposes. 
After a generation of not having rational relations with the world. This is why he won the Nobel Peace Prize, for his philosophical writings on moving away from the old and deadly ways. The USA and world will be a better place.
Or the ones who profit off war will inflame another war to satisfy our needs to have it all. I see some things we don't want to have happen to us, as a form of privilege that helped to create support for oppressing others we don't know.
Expectations in the material realm have to be restrained, if we really believe that all human and other life is worthy. That will mean making compromises that we may not want or see as frightening or unjust to us, which those who pushed for war saw as the only solution to keep the status quo going.
Not just for the wealthy, but for the vast majority of people who have felt entitled to more resources than could be gotten through fair trade and social justice. A sub-set of the population really believes we should have the best living standard in the world, but neglect what it costs.
A lot of people have worn blinders for a long time to what evil meeting the demands of a consumer culture like ours has created. I for one, don't hold myself completely blameless for what the big wigs did to keep selling us stuff. Only with inner peace and recognizing the concept of Namaste do we understand that all that looks good is not good at all.
Off my soap box for a whlle.... before I fall off to one side and show my hippie underwear. (Wait, we didn't wear any!)
Only THAT business was benefitting. This opens the door for exports. All they did was open the door and crack it a little - but it's an awesome beginning! 
It's the end of the world by R.E.M
And I feel fine! Thanks, Obama!
