A New Era in US-Iranian Relations?

Iran’s every move will be closely scrutinized by the international community now that sanctions have been lifted over its nuclear program, providing Iran access to tens of billions of dollars in frozen assets.

Over the weekend, the International Atomic Energy Agency certified that Iran had completed all the requirements stipulated in the nuclear deal: reducing its uranium stockpile by 98 percent; dismantling two-thirds of its centrifuges capable of enriching uranium for a bomb; and disabling its heavy water reactor in Arak thereby eliminating Iran’s ability to produce weapons grade plutonium. International economic sanctions imposed on Iran for its renegade nuclear program will be terminated.

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