Hard-liners largely silent as Iranians cheer nuclear deal

In exchange for its co-operation, Iran will eventually be relieved of the punishing sanctions that the United Nations, the European Union, and the USA have imposed upon it for years. It’s not going to happen any time soon.

US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman strongly rejected Israel’s criticism of the deal Thursday night, saying that Israeli officials were “essential in the development of the deal“.

Another cable from Mali warned Iranian influence was spreading among Muslims in the country, who were not aware of “the truth of the extremist, racist Shiite ideology that goes against all other Islamic schools”. This has taken a toll.

This deal is also good for Iran. This anti-American mindset runs deep. Their support for groups in Lebanon and Palestine and their involvement in Syria, Iraq and Yemen has not been motivated by mere sectarian ambitions.

For now, the US administration is making an effort to patch up relations. Turkey, meanwhile, emerged as a prominent supporter of the former Muslim Brotherhood-led government in Egypt – a government that was eventually toppled with significant Saudi support. And they did so by a substantial margin.

The agreement could give Iran access to billions in frozen assets and oil revenue, stave off more USA military action in the Middle East and reshape The tumultuous region, according to the Associated Press. For a time, it worked.

Bringing the Vienna deal into effect is right for Israel.

“People in my region now are relying on God’s will and consolidating their local capabilities and analysis with everybody else except our oldest and most powerful ally”, he said in the opinion piece. We are certainly through the looking glass now.

The message worked. Back then, Iran’s favourable ratings across a deeply traumatised Arab region were higher. Arab outrage over the horrific violence meted out by the Assad regime and the strong support Damascus continued to receive from Iran served as the “final nail in the coffin” of Iran’s reputation. The Middle East will come tumbling down: Iran’s Shiia allies will make trouble in the Occupied Territories, Yemen, and elsewhere; Syria will go down the drain; new turmoil will mark Iraq and Afghanistan.

In the event of a violation of its commitment by Iran, all parties, including China, Russian Federation and Iran, have agreed sanctions will “snap back” on.

For example, while the Supreme Leader maintained that it was against Islam to seek to possess nuclear weapons, 87 per cent of the Iranian public told us that they wanted their country to have such a weapon, as a matter of national pride and defence.

Our polling in both 2013 (shortly after the election of Hassan Rouhani) and 2014 showed that Iranians were deeply divided.

Lifting sanctions over the next year could potentially leave Iran flush with more than $100 billion in unfrozen funds and new revenues – resources the Saudis say Tehran will use to expand its proxy wars. He also seemed to express some doubt about whether it would ever fully be realized, adding the caveat: “if a deal is implemented”. The potential “package deal” that this official spoke of refers to widespread fears that the nuclear agreement will herald a historic rapprochement between the United States and Iran at the expense of Washington’s traditional allies in the region, especially the Gulf states.

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler), who represents Angelina and Nacogdoches counties, called the agreement “an ultimate betrayal of Israel, Egypt and moderate Muslim nations everywhere”, as well as an “absolute gift to terrorism by the Obama administration”.

Still, it’s unclear if the MOP can successfully destroy all Iran’s nuclear facilities.