The American New York Times says that returning to the nuclear deal with Iran is the first step to get out of the quagmire in which the United States, Iran, the Middle East and the world are currently located.
In an editorial, the
newspaper mobilized
a
number of arguments in support of what it went to, noting that the time period left for Washington and Tehran to return to the agreement is short, and that the foreign policy team of US President Joe Biden had promised to make the nuclear deal "longer and stronger."
The newspaper pointed out that the maneuver carried out by former US President Donald Trump, called "maximum pressure", had failed, and that his sanctions had paralyzed Iran, but it pushed it to resume the nuclear work that it abandoned after the conclusion of the agreement.
Among the arguments gathered by the newspaper are the following:
Other countries, including China, which worked closely with the United States and European powers to conclude the nuclear deal with Iran, are tired of American unilateralism.
These countries can now resume dealing with Iran one way or the other.
The intolerable "maximum pressure" sanctions have not changed Iranian behavior for the better, quite the opposite.
Iran orchestrated violations of its own, to remind Washington of what the world would look like without the Iran nuclear deal.
The nuclear agreement allowed Iran to enrich uranium with a purity of 3.67%, which is much less than the degree of purity of weapons, and now Iran has reached an enrichment rate of 20% of purity.
Under the nuclear deal, Iran was limited to 202.8 kilograms of uranium, and its stockpile is now estimated at three tons.
Under the nuclear deal, international inspectors were allowed to investigate every inch of Iran's nuclear fuel cycle without much prior notice.
And now, the inspectors have been notified that they will lose that next May, unless the nuclear deal is revived.
The sanctions imposed on Iranian banks and European and Asian institutions that do business with Iran were originally intended to inflict enough pain in the short term to force the negotiations, but leaving them in place indefinitely threatens to push Iran's entire economy into the black market.
It will strengthen the grip of the most hardline and criminal elements in the country, and weaken the moderates, including President Hassan Rouhani, who has spent his political capital on striking a deal with the United States and wants to see it back on track before he leaves office next August.
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Law warned in 2016 that the excessive use of financial sanctions could backfire.
If other countries are tired of the United States threatening to punish banks and companies around the world that do business with Iran, they can begin to search for alternatives to the US financial system, US sanctions will lose their power, US banks lose their centralization, and the dollar’s position as the world's dominant reserve currency will begin to erode.
Glimpses of what would happen if the sanctions lasted too long are emerging.
China's recent announcement of a plan to invest $ 400 billion in Iran's oil, gas and transportation infrastructure in exchange for oil is a sign that both China and Russia will not abide by these onerous restrictions forever.
If the nuclear program can be controlled peacefully, a regional alliance could address Iran's role in the region.
Even if Biden backs down from Trump-era sanctions, the vast majority of U.S. sanctions will remain in place, leaving economic leverage that can be used to hammer out follow-up agreements.
Sanctions have made Iran more aggressive against its neighbors and in the region.
The newspaper went on to say that the talks, which were described as constructive and aimed at results between the United States, Iran and other parties in Vienna, will continue next week, and that Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, indicated that Tehran could halt and reverse its nuclear activities if sanctions were eased under the agreement, adding That is a reason for cautious optimism.