The outline Iran nuclear deal has highlighted divisions in the region—not just between majority Shia and Sunni states but between those supporting the status quo and those challenging it.
Iran’s Nuclear Program
The clock is ticking
deadline for the final agreement between the E3+3/P5+1 and Iran is set for the end of June and is not likely to be extended again. However, the P5+1 and Iran set a self-imposed deadline of March 31st to complete a framework agreement for the deal.
Iran Risks Rise as Stumbling Talks Push Sanctions Clamor
Paul Ingram, BASIC's Executive Director, was quoted in this Bloomberg article by Jonathan Tirone about the nuclear negotiations with Iran, saying “Failing to reach a conclusion by now was itself a high risk strategy that looks increasingly vulnerable to impatient legislators. The belief somehow that a little more time and patience will bring results is also hard to fathom. Now is a crucial moment.”
Will America’s political discord torpedo the Iran talks?
Continued Republican efforts to force further sanctions on Iran threaten the fragile coalition making progress on nuclear negotiations, which already show wear from an outdated zero-sum approach.
Iran’s Beef
“Where you stand depends on where you sit” is an old maxim of politics. Where Iranians sit is on a lot of history that inclines them to resent and mistrust America and Britain, and mistrust in particular anything that would compromise their freedom of action.
Implications of failing to reach a deal, again
Despite a tremendous diplomatic effort last week, the E3+3 (P5+1: United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Germany) negotiations with Iran failed to reach a comprehensive agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear capacity in exchange for lifting sanctions by their self-imposed November 24 deadline.
How would Iran & P5+1 agreement on Monday be greeted by the negotiators?
There is much speculation around how a prospective deal next week that could strengthen constraints upon Iran’s nuclear program in return for a partial lifting of sanctions will go down in Washington. But how about Tehran?
Iran nuclear negotiations: The final stretch?
Nuclear weapons once again see the headlines this week as the international community observes the E3+3 (Also referred to as the P5+1: United States, United Kingdom, China, France, Russia and Germany) and Iran meet this week in Vienna.