Iran's Nuclear Deal: Escape from Crisis
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1110 .... April 27, 2015
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Iran's Nuclear Deal: Escape from Crisis
Araz Bağban
Iran reached a preliminary agreement with the P5+1 or E3+3 (five permanent members of the UN Security Council, namely China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, plus Germany) group on its nuclear program in Switzerland after long negotiations. U.S. President Barack Obama called the agreement a "historic understanding" while Iranians watched a U.S. president live on TV for the first time since the 1979 revolution. The deal is made at a time when the Middle East is going through a period marked by crises. Civil wars are still going on in Syria, Iraq and Libya and most recently another war has erupted in Yemen. It is quite well-known that Iran is one of the... important actors and parties involved in these wars.
The joint press conference following the preliminary deal raised different questions: how will this agreement affect Iran's relationship with the West, or what will its effects be on the Middle East's balance of power? Even those who follow Iran's internal policies may ask how this agreement will be met by different political wings of the Islamic Republic, especially by the hardliners.