Iran Nuclear Agreement

Josef Reuther   

The article "What's The Deal With Iran" by upfront author Patricia Smith talks about the nuclear agreement made between the U.S. and Iran. The deal forces Iran to pause it's nuclear program for 6 months in order to allow international inspections of the nuclear facilities that are suspected of being used to build atomic weapons. In return the U.S. has agreed to ease the sanctions that have crushed Iran's economy. Although this deal is a success for the United States, Iranian commitment is questionable.

One piece of evidence that supports this claim is that although the government officials of Iran "claim the nuclear program is for peaceful purposes" critics believe that Iran "can't be trusted to follow through on their promises," as the article stated. Iran has threatened Israel on numerous occasions and Israel considers Iran an "existential threat" even more considers the deal a "historic mistake," as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. In 1979 during the Iranian revolution radical Shiite Muslims, Iranian students overthrew the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. Since then there have always been tensions between the United States and Iran. Due to these past events the United States Government is hesitant to trust the Iranian government to follow through on it's promises.

Another piece of evidence that corroborates this claim about the trustworthiness of the Iranian Government when it comes to the agreement is that the "hard line Islamic clerics" who run Iran still detest the U.S. There are two very different forms of Iranians, one which "loves everything American and the freedom that America represents," which consists mainly of young Iranians. However the radical leaders of Iran are against the ideas of the U.S. in fact on the contrary they despise everything American. For Iran to suddenly allow the international inspection of it’s nuclear facilities almost seems too good to be true and seems unlikely.

As can be seen although Iran has agreed to allow for international inspection the commitment to this promise on the Iranian side seems questionable. Many events in the past between the United States and Iran reflect Iran as a country rather poorly. Personally I believe that if Iran is to be trusted, international inspection should only occur under great safety precautions.