Iceland lifts Iran nuclear sanctions

The announcements have already started, with German auto manufacturer Daimler revealing that it has reached agreements with two Iranian companies to establish a joint venture for the production of Mercedes-Benz trucks and power-train components and the creation of a sales company in Tehran. The Arab nation who have been in deep economic crisis since the begining of the sanctions a decade ago, during the regime of their former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinajad simply because of their vast enrichment on their nuclear programmes. US Secretary of State, John Kerry confirms Iran in compliance with nuclear deal, lifts US nuclear-related sanctions.

“We should do what Iran does”, says Crocker. This provoked further the insistence of the president’s critics in the opposition that there was still evidence that Iran continues to be hostile. Republican presidential hopefuls accused Obama of granting unnecessary concessions to Iran in exchanged for the release. This was only the tip of the iceberg.

The Georgian Ministry applauded the decision to implement the Action Plan based on a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), published on January 16, 2016. True, we should have made the prisoner release a precondition for negotiations.

Obama has led the world into a new era of Western relations with Iran.

While noting that Iran is now entitled to billions of dollars in sanctions relief, Obama noted that differences remain between Washington and Tehran and announced new sanctions for Iranian missile tests.

Perennial squawking by the USA political establishment about Iran’s “destabilising activities” in the Middle East is another indicator of the prevailing notion that, whatever superficial improvements the country might undertake, it is fundamentally and inescapably Axis of Evil material. This sends a very clear message to Iran that it can not afford to play games with nuclear inspectors or backtrack on its obligations without suffering serious consequences. Iran served up a triple dose of humiliation with images of the detained soldiers in captivity and the televised statement of one American serviceman admitting wrongdoing and apologizing.

The administration, which has maintained a policy of not negotiating with terrorists such as the Islamic State over returning captive Americans, was ambivalent about talking to Iran, though it’s different to bargain with non-state terrorists than with leaders of a nation state. If under similar circumstances an American president did what the Republicans apparently think Iran should have done-presumably, ignore the intruding boats-they’d be screaming for impeachment. This means that, moving forward, inspections, intelligence and strong enforcement will remain crucial to ensure that Iran doesn’t cheat its way to a nuclear arsenal. It’s also unclear why that United Nations resolution is so special when the US government has no problem with Israel’s 50-year-old defiance of United Nations resolutions regarding the oppressed Palestinians. “And we will continue to enforce these sanctions, vigorously”.

Indeed, the lifting of the sanctions will encourage the public, especially the young, to voice their discontent as they will no longer feel the need to rally behind their government, which was battling the West over the sanctions.

This has, in turn, pushed Saudi Arabia into a corner and made Riyadh take matters into its own hands – not a recipe for stability, as the recent escalation of tensions between Iran and Riyadh shows. With the exception of the belated imposition of a small number of minor sanctions in the aftermath of Iran’s missile tests, United States officials have sought to downplay Iran’s transgressions, if not ignore them entirely. It appears that Iran can indefinitely leverage hostages against the US. “We’ve achieved this historic progress through diplomacy, without resorting to another war in the Middle East”.

Pointing to Saudi Arabia’s expression of concerns about Iran’s nuclear deal, Zarif said, “Since the agreement in Geneva in 2013, our Saudi neighbors have been panicking”.

And here, we didn’t give away much.