Why geopolitical shifts dictate nuclear deal with Iran
Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Associate Research Scholar at Woodrow Wilson School
Princeton University
Although a week of high-level talks between Iran and world powers in Vienna made good progress, negotiators failed to
reach an agreement and instead set a new deadline of March 1, 2015, for a framework
agreement on Iran's nuclear program and a July 1 deadline for the final agreement, including annexes. The parties are close to consensus on
many of the major issues, but gaps remain on two key issues — defining
the size and scope of Iran's nuclear program and the sequence for
lifting UN Security Council sanctions.Wendy
R. Sherman, the chief US negotiator, remarked Oct. 23,
“We have made impressive progress on issues that originally seemed
intractable. We have cleared up misunderstandings and held exhaustive
discussions on every element of a possible text. However, like
any complicated and technically complex diplomatic initiative, this is a
puzzle with many interlocking pieces.”
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