Who Benefits Most From a Sabotaged Iran Nuclear Deal
09/07/2016
Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Head of Foreign Relations Committee of Iran’s National Security Council (1997-2005)
Hesam Rahmani
PhD student at UC Irvine
On July 14, 2016, one year after the historic Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal was struck in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 nations, respective administrations in Iran and the U.S.
released statements asserting their commitment towards ensuring the
deal’s success. But despite these commitments, the future of the JCPOA
is at risk.
In the U.S.,
the Republican-controlled Congress largely opposes President Barack
Obama’s signature foreign policy achievement and frames his diplomatic
efforts for conflict resolution with Iran as a display of weakness.
Meanwhile, JCPOA critics in Tehran continue to pessimistically cite the
deal as another corroborative chapter of the U.S.’s treacherous and
hostile history with the Islamic Republic.
Moreover, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei recently described the JCPOA as an “experience” demonstrating “the futility of negotiations with the Americans.” He and many other Iranian officials believe the U.S. has failed to live up to its JCPOA commitments. While Iran has enjoyed meaningful benefits since the deal’s implementation, such as drastically increasing its oil exports, gaining access to $30 billion of its frozen assets abroad and inking investment agreements totaling
$60 billion, the sanctions have nonetheless left a chilling effect in
preventing business normalizations between Iran and western countries —
particularly in the banking sector — something Iranian officials, among others, continue to point out.
Radical voices on both sides that have sought to undermine the deal will win, and escalation will once again become the name of the game between Iran and the U.S.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seyed-hossein-mousavian/sabotaged-iran-nuclear-deal_b_11897718.html
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