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JCPOA Crisis: Balance of Power Returns

Tehran may well look to the experience of the DPRK On September 26, 2025, the UN Security Council rejected a proposed resolution on extending the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear programme. Among the permanent members of the UN Security Council, the United States, Great Britain, and France voted against. China and Russia voted in favour. The vote a week earlier had the same result. The JCPOA, enshrined ...

08.10.2025

Iran-U.S. Relations: From Escalation to Dialogue?

... known that during his first presidency in 2018, he withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA), reinstated prior sanctions and introduced new , extremely severe ones against Tehran. Trump took a hardline stance toward ... ... the key issues in the Iran–U.S. negotiations remains the future of the Iranian nuclear program. Despite years of mutual accusations and broken trust, Tehran appears open to tactical compromises but not to surrender. According to sources within Iranian ...

30.04.2025

Moscow and Tehran Are in the Same Boat

... made by Syrians themselves, no matter whether in Russia or in Iran they liked this choice or not. Finally, UN Security Council Resolution 1929 was passed fifteen years ago, in an entirely different global and regional context. Five years later, after JCPOA was signed, the restrictions of 1929 were repealed. I cannot imagine a new UN SC resolution similar to 1929 to be passed in any foreseeable future. Should Iran be worried about Trump's rapprochement with Russia? Could a deal between Trump and Russia ...

21.04.2025

US Elections: Significance for Iran

... change the course of American foreign policy towards China. However, for Iran, the outcome of the elections is of greater importance. A victory for Kamala Harris will not lead to a return to the parameters of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or the 2015 “Iran nuclear deal”, but is unlikely to lead to a sharp escalation of pressure on Iran. A victory for Donald Trump, however, could result in increased pressure on Iran, given the tougher position of the Republicans on relations ...

09.10.2024

JCPOA 1.01: Now or Never

... EU countries from Russia as well as accommodate their aim of gradually decreasing their reliance on Russia’s gas and oil. JCPOA or war Moreover, the ongoing conflict significantly decreases the amount of options Washington has in dealing with Teheran ... ... and their allies would have to conduct a full-scale campaign involving the use of aircraft and missile strikes. Ivan Timofeev: USA-Iran: Why Is the Deal Stalled? In this scenario, the conflict is unlikely to stay solely within Iran’s borders, but will ...

19.05.2022

The Imperative of U.S.-Russian Disarmament Collaboration

... inevitably involved in it. The more the official nuclear powers brace for more competition with each other, the less they coordinate their efforts in stemming proliferation in the Korean peninsula, and the less they work on the return of the U.S. to the JCPOA. Meanwhile Iran is raising the enrichment of uranium to 60 percent. Is there a chance that in present circumstances the RevCon can achieve progress? There are certain elements that could help to bring it about. In the core of this lie the responsibilities ...

15.02.2022

Russia’s nonproliferation policy and global strategic stability

... other hand, the existing system of nonproliferation and arms control treaties and agreements is being a target for dismantlement or destruction efforts. The INF Treaty has been destroyed by the U.S. The future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear programme remains unclear. We see again and again shamelessly open attempts to use the NPT as an instrument to exert political pressure or settle political scores with States. This year marks the 25th anniversary since the ...

16.12.2021

Iran in the SCO: a Forced “Look East” Strategy and an Alternative World Order

... with vaccines import. Iran’s accession into the SCO demonstrates another good start for Raisi—this time, in terms of foreign policy. This is especially important amid stalled negotiations on restoring the nuclear deal. Technically, reviving the JCPOA remains valuable for Tehran and Washington, which both sides confirm every now and then. However, trust between the parties is so low after Donald Trump’s demarche that the prospects for new agreements are increasingly elusive. Ivan Timofeev: USA-Iran: Why Is the Deal Stalled? All the more so since Iran is demanding security guarantees from the U.S. so that the incident does not recur and that the new U.S. elections do not destroy any previous agreements. However, Washington cannot guarantee ...

11.10.2021

USA-Iran: Why Is the Deal Stalled?

... went on to tighten the restrictive measures even further . Eventually Iran also began to refuse the deal, resuming uranium enrichment to 20% in accordance with the law “ On the strategic measures for the lifting of sanctions ”. Ivan Timofeev: USA vs. JCPOA: How Can Russia and China Respond? In April 2021, the parties began indirect negotiations in Vienna, where a meeting of the signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA) took place. However, the efforts of the diplomats did not bring ...

30.09.2021

US Sanctions Against Iran and the Future of the JCPOA: A View From Tehran and Moscow

... from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, renewing massive economic sanctions against Iran. The subsequent extraterritorial application of US sanctions forced a significant number of foreign companies to leave Iran. Ivan Timofeev: USA vs. JCPOA: How Can Russia and China Respond? Companies from the EU have suffered the most. Moreover, during the presidency of Donald Trump, the volume of restrictive measures against Iran was increased by Presidential Executive Orders No. 13846, 13871, 13876,...

07.04.2021
 

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