en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_the_Iran_nuclear_deal
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According to the JCPOA, every 90 days the president of the United States would certify that Iran was adhering to the terms of the agreement, among other things.
The 90-day presidential certification requirement came from the U.S. Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, not from the JCPOA itself.
Full reasoning
This sentence misattributes a U.S. domestic legal requirement to the JCPOA.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s summary of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (INARA) explains that after the congressional review period, the president must provide Congress an assessment every 90 days on Iran’s compliance. In other words, the 90-day certification requirement was created by U.S. law.
By contrast, the official EEAS overview of the JCPOA describes the agreement’s implementation milestones as Adoption Day, Implementation Day, Transition Day, and Termination Day. It does not describe a recurring 90-day presidential certification obligation as part of the JCPOA itself.
So the article is wrong on the source of the requirement: the certification process was tied to INARA, not written into the JCPOA.
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- Corker's Bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act Passes Senate 98 to 1
"Congressional Oversight and Iranian Compliance: After the congressional review period, the president would be required to provide an assessment to Congress every 90 days on Iran's compliance with the agreement."
- NUCLEAR AGREEMENT - JCPOA | EEAS
The EEAS overview describes the JCPOA timeline in terms of "Adoption Day," "Implementation Day," "Transition Day," and "Termination Day," rather than a 90-day U.S. presidential certification cycle.
Eastern Standard Time
On May 8, 2018, Eastern time was on daylight saving time, so the correct label was EDT, not EST.
Full reasoning
This time-zone label is incorrect.
NIST explains that in the United States, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and that the Eastern time zone uses EST (UTC−5) during standard time and EDT (UTC−4) during daylight time. In 2018, daylight saving time had already begun by March 11 in New York. That means May 8, 2018 fell under Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), not Eastern Standard Time (EST).
So the event time may have been 2:00 p.m. Eastern, but calling it "Eastern Standard Time" on that date is wrong.
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- Local Time FAQs | NIST
NIST states that daylight saving time begins each year on the second Sunday in March, and lists Eastern time as "EST -5" for standard time and "EDT -4" for daylight time.
- Daylight Saving Time 2018 in New York, United States
Timeanddate's 2018 New York DST page shows that daylight saving time started on March 11, 2018, so May 8, 2018 was in EDT rather than EST.