Iraqis weigh in on Iran nuclear deal
Earlier this month news broke that a deal on Iran's nuclear programme had been reached, after months-long negotiations involving foreign ministers from seven countries – Iran, the US, the UK, Russia, China, France and Germany as well as the European Union's head of foreign policy. The deal would curb Iran's nuclear programme and prevent the […]Mustafa Habib writes for Niqash:
Earlier this month news broke that a deal on Iran's nuclear programme had been reached, after months-long negotiations involving foreign ministers from seven countries – Iran, the US, the UK, Russia, China, France and Germany as well as the European Union's head of foreign policy. The deal would curb Iran's nuclear programme and prevent the country from developing nuclear weapons quickly. In return long-standing international sanctions against Iran would eventually be lifted.
Around the world, opinions were divided as to whether the agreement was a triumph of diplomacy that would help achieve peace in the Middle East or whether it was, as one conservative US senator put it, “a historic defeat for the United States”. Opinions were also divided in Iraq, which shares an almost 1,500 kilometre border and a chequered history of war, peace and political interference with Iran.
