The hard-fought for agreement to end a deadlock over a nuclear program met its first major challenge on Friday with Russia cautioning that a US sanctions move could “seriously”complicate its implementation .
Iran said on Friday that its nuclear deal violated the “spirit of the Geneva deal.” Under which, Iran will curb its nuclear activities in exchange for some easing of the international sanctions that have hurt the major oil producer’s economy. It appears that the subject of economic sanctions of past blog posts have been working. However, there may be too much sanctioning because last Thursday, the US black-listed other businesses undersanctions intended at stopping Iran from gaining the capability to make nuclear weapons, according to US officials. The deal was intended to pause Iran’s nuclear developments for six months to buy time for negotiations on a final settlement of a dispute that has encouraged anxiety of a new Middle East war.
Moscow’s announcement followed after diplomats said Iran had interrupted technical talks with the 6 nations in Vienna over how to implement the agreement, in which Tehran is to cap its nuclear program inreturn for limited sanctions easing.
What kind of effects can tightening sanctions on Iran, while Iran seems to have widened the scope of their diplomacy, have? Sanctions seem to have worked so far, but is the black-listing too excessive? Is the deal in serious trouble?
I cannot see why the US would increase sanctions in this optimistic time of peace talks between Iran and the rest of the democratic world. It seems as though the leaders of the state, that was in the past, very hostile towards the US and other western actors, are working towards better relations for a better future for Iran and the west. Enacting stricter sanctions on Iran may be too threatening to its leaders, resulting in yet another era of tense relations between Iran and the west.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to say exactly where the Obama administration is coming from by implementing or reinforcing rather, these new sanctions against Iran. One would only imagine that it is a signal from the U.S. to say that bringing the issue of Iran's nuclear program to the table is a start, but they are the dominant ones in control and plan and using sanctions as a show of force. Whether or not this is a smart thing to do at this point is debatable. The risk is that, as we are seeing after Thursday's events, Iran may feel cornered and discontinue any future talks. Then again if Iran feels obligated to continue they will be willfully succumbing to the fact that the U.S. is ultimately in control.
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