<blockquote>VIENNA — The United States and European nations lifted oil and financial sanctions on <a class="meta-loc" title="More news and information about Iran." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iran/index.html?inline=nyt-geo">Iran</a> and released roughly $100 billion of its assets after international inspectors concluded that the country had followed through on promises to dismantle large sections of its <a class="meta-classifier" title="Recent and archival news about Iran's nuclear program." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iran/nuclear_program/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier">nuclear program</a></blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/world/middleeast/iran-sanctions-lifted-nuclear-deal.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=a-lede-package-region&amp;region=top-news&amp;WT.nav=top-news">Iran Complies With Nuclear Deal; Sanctions Are Lifted - The New York Times</a>.