Nuclear deal could herald major change within, beyond Iran

All of these players feel a direct threat to their power and influence as a result of last Tuesday’s agreement. Imagine that the attack did so much damage that for the next 10 or 15 years it would be utterly impossible for Iran to build a nuclear bomb. After some of the hostages were released, the Iranians continued a cruel round of bargaining for the release of the most important of them, William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, even after he died in custody (and was said to have been executed).

Many analysts say the Islamic Republic will probably have utilize the flow of capital from the originial and… Being a large established country, Iran obviously has its own agenda for what happens in the Middle East – it’s their backyard. Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu can fulminate about how it is a “an historic mistake” that will give Tehran “a sure path to nuclear weapons”, but he cannot stop it.

But it is perhaps inside Iran where the impact of the deal will be felt most.

Now that the Iran nuclear deal has been sealed and it is Congress’ turn to weigh in, Americans can expect to witness an intense debate over the interpretation and the long-term consequences of the agreement.

So while the USA is presenting the deal as a blow to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the Iranians need to maintain that it was their victory, that they did not capitulate.

“The entire agreement is based on verification, accountability and steps we can take to respond to any violation by Iran”. Moving forward and with the rapidly fading of the failed slogan of the Great Satan into oblivious bin of history, it is also inevitably crucial that the 150 year old yearning of the 80 million Iranians for reforms, transparency, checks and balances, rule of law, civil society, equality, blind justice and peace in a national ambiance of security and sovereignty be prevailed.

Obama proceeded on this track as he turned a blind eye to the actions of Iran’s violent satellites in the Middle East. Thus he has given Iranian President Hassan Rouhani a green light to continue his subversive activity in the region as enormous monetary resources, which will become available with the removal of sanctions, will help Iran increase its involvement across the various fronts.

The cold hard reality is that the USA made The conscious choice to build up Iran’s stature in the region with its disastrous invasion of Iraq and overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

Since the Reza Shah Pahlavi’s regime fell in Iran in 1979, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Gulf have alleged that Iranian leadership was trying to export Islamic revolution to their land and stoke sectarian flames.

Khamenei’s response has been ambiguous: he thanked the negotiating team but has not given the deal a ringing endorsement.

In a message marking the end of Ramadan, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, the lead Iranian negotiator, boasted of diplomatic success and declared that “the atmosphere is now quite ripe for [the] broadening of regional and worldwide cooperation”.

Potentially even more significant is an election for the Assembly of Experts, a body that selects the Supreme Leader.

But diplomats from Sunni power Saudi have privately expressed grave misgivings the agreement may legitimise their Shiite rival Iran, which Riyadh accuses of fomenting unrest in Yemen and elsewhere in the Middle East.

In an article published in multiple Middle Eastern outlets, he said that with billions of dollars Iran would get from unfreezing sanctions, Tehran would “wreak havoc in the Middle East which is already living a disastrous environment”.

Far from easing social tensions, the opening up of the Iranian economy will only deepen the gulf between rich and poor.

In spite of the economic sanctions against Iran, India has been buying oil from that country and paying in its own currency.

That could be problematic for moderates and hardliners in the country alike as the deal has raised expectations greatly among Iranians that their lives will improve. “And that’s the challenge”.