Contentious Politics in Iran: Factions, Foreign Policy and the Nuclear Deal

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Abstract:This paper endeavors to analyze the evolution of Iran's foreign policy in the postrevolutionary era by focusing on the 'historic nuclear deal ' (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action-JCPOA)

EU-Iran Relations in the Post-JCPOA Period: Selected Political Aspects

“…The agreement was signed in Vienna by representatives of the P5+1 group, namely the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany, as well as by negotiators representing Iran and the European Union. On the basis of this deal, Iran agreed for the reduction of all installed centrifuges by two-thirds and its stockpile of low-enriched uranium, as well as the reintroduction of the EU and US sanctions unless it meets the requirements and the redesign of the Arak heavy-water reactor so that it cannot produce weapons grade plutonium (Kaya, Sartepe, 2015, p. 5).…”