Us-Iran Nuclear Deal Under Trump’s Administration:
Keywords:
America, Iran, Nuclear Deal, Administration, Donald Trump.Abstract
The international community believe that Iran has been covertly trying to
develop nuclear weapons which will upset the regional balance of power.
IAEA in its report published in 2011 stated that Iran might acquire nuclear
weapons by the end of 2020 if it continues on the speed it is going now.
Based on this report, USA and Israel hyped up the fears of a nuclear
Armageddon and Washington lobbied hard to impose sanctions on Iran.
These sanctions were meant to impede the progress of Tehran to acquire
nuclear weapons but the same proved to be counterproductive. Donald
Trump who can be quoted as a realistic president abrogated the JCPOA
during July 2018. The deal was one of the main foreign policy objectives of
President Trump presidential campaigns. The deal was a game changer
especially for Iran. President Trump while quoting the Iran agreement said
“it is the worst deal that the United States of America had ever made”.
Many internal and foreign elements played crucial role to cancel the USIran nuclear deal. Most importantly President Trump himself see the
agreement in the favour of Iran. He believed that this deal will not stop Iran
from going nuclear. He also argued that Iran is buying more time to get
more sophisticated technology to proliferate nuclear rich uranium. Further,
the role of Saudi Arabia as a major economic partner of the United States
of America is also of the major importance. On the other hand, the State of
Israel was not in the favour of the deal. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
successfully manipulated the Israel lobby which holds a strong say in the
foreign policy making of the United States of America. Altogether these
elements led to the cancellation of the US-Iran nuclear deal.
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