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Separate the Iran Deal From Regional Security Negotiations

Vali Nasr and Hossein Mousavian write for Foreign Affairs:

It does not help that Iran also deeply distrusts Washington’s motivations. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei recently dismissed a U.S. demand tying its return to the JCPOA to future negotiations over regional issues, saying the United States is using the issue to drag its feet on rejoining the nuclear deal. Iran, he added, will not accept foreign meddling when it comes to its national security interests

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Iran elections: Could a conservative president solve Tehran’s regional and nuclear issues?

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/iran-elections-would-conservative-president-solve-problems

The pressing questions now are: how will Iran’s relations with the Arab Gulf states evolve next? What will be the destiny of the nuclear deal, and how will regional policies change under the next president, who is likely to be from the principlist faction?