Relations amongst countries are always liable to mutation. International relations amongst powers may escalate rapidly or at times may remain undisturbed. However, for the past three to four decades the relationship between Americans and Iranians has been one filled with an ample amount of distrust. After news surfaced in 2002, of Iran’s nuclear program – revealing a uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, along with nuclear power reactors in Arak, there is no question to why America or even the people of the world should fear a nuclear Iran. If Iran, a country that condones terrorist behavior, continued to develop their nuclear program after the placement of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty without the knowledge of the foreign powers, no one is guaranteed their safety. In this paper, I will discuss that though Iran insists their nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes, if foreign powers don’t step in to regulate the enrichment of Iran’s nuclear initiative the future of relations amongst the United States, Israel and Iran do not look promising.
Currently, the threat of a nuclear Iran is perhaps one of the biggest fears the Obama Administration faces. The Middle East is such a volatile region, and any disagreements that arise in such a tumultuous region have the capability of destabilizing lingering relationships amongst international powers. If Iran were to secure themselves with nuclear arms, in such a region as the Middle East, it is believed that a domino effect would come into play. The United States suspects that Iran’s regional opponents such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel and many others in the Middle East will feel need to level out their playing field– in effect, beginning a nuclear arms race such as the one...
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...n has also agreed to comply and disclose all necessary information with the International Atomic Energy Agency. To appease the Iranian government, in return, the European Union (EU-3) and the Obama Administration have agreed to suspend sanctions on Iranian petrochemical exports, as well as the sales of gold and other precious metals. It was also agreed that Iran, during this six-month period, could not be burdened with nuclear sanctions from both the EU-3 & the American government.
After various discussions, debates, and meetings of powers to curtail Iran’s nuclear initiatives, the Geneva Interim Accord comes as a great surprise to many. And while though, many powers are boasting about what this deal may mean for the future – both the European Union and the American government have began discussions on repercussions for Iran’s failure to comply with the accord.