INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
efforts to restore the 2015 nuclear deal
The EU text was proposed on August 8 and Iran responded to it on August 15
Iran received the United States response to the agreement on August 24 through the EU
The United States response lasted more than what was expected.EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who acts as coordinator of the nuclear
Comprehensive Plan of Action, is no revelation
in 2018.Those in the Iranian establishment who counted on the nuclear deal and sanctions removal as the most effective way of securing
before negotiations between Iran and the United States collapse for good
Days later, Iran responded with a demand for future guaranteed compensation if the United States were to again break the deal
unsubstantiated claims that Moscow tried to sabotage the Iran deal talks before 2015 and again in 2022
Officials in Moscow find nuclear weapons development by a non-nuclear weapon state unacceptable but see no threat from a robust civilian
nuclear program in Iran, as long as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies its peaceful nature.The 2015 nuclear deal
These voices belong to those who have nothing to do with nonproliferation, see little value in a limited economic cooperation between Russia
and sanctions-free economic development.The Russian government heeds these voices but puts a premium on the nonproliferation regime and
increasingly friendly ties with Iran
come in handy if the agreement is restored.Therefore, contemplating an Iran deal without Russia runs against common sense
nuclear dossier, was instrumental to the diplomatic success before 2015 and is still relevant to the diplomatic processes in Vienna and
negotiated the Iran deal to compartmentalize the talks and prioritize nonproliferation concerns over other considerations.However, in 2022
Russia has outstripped Iran on the quantity and severity of sanctions it is facing, and the Russian economy is now adding to the critical
mass necessary to defy the sanctions adopted by the United States and its European allies
hands of the Iran deal negotiators
But with no realistic prospects for lifting sanctions on Russia, regardless of the status of hostilities in Ukraine, building a
sanctions-resistant economic partnership in a tougher environment offers Moscow and Tehran glimpses of hope that they could operate without
what they perceive as excruciating and unreliable diplomatic efforts with the United States and its allies.The Iranians maintain they
suffered enough under President Trump to keep up their end of the deal, and that the United States must reciprocate beyond just recognizing
the gigantic mistake of the previous administration
help Iranian negotiators convince the decision makers in Tehran that the United States respects Iran as a negotiator and knows what it means
to honor an international agreement
The Biden administration wasted the opportunity to lift the useless designation of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps as a terrorist
nuclear deal even if a future United States administration leaves the restored agreement
Now that Tehran considers this commitment vital for the nuclear deal revival, Washington had better address this issue in consultation with
the other negotiators, rather than risk the collapse of the deal by excessively bargaining with Iran.Long before anyone could imagine a
working agreement between the United States and Iran, United States President Barack Obama offered a brave example of breaking with the
inherited inertia of deteriorating relations
Bush.Despite a host of issues Biden faces, he is obliged by the legacy of his Democratic predecessor to show a similar determination to
of yet another escalation in West Asia.
