US, Iran Near Nuclear Deal
The diplomatic saga that is the Iran nuclear deal may finally be entering its closing chapter with expectations of an imminent breakthrough growing as Washington and Tehran responded to a “final” European Union proposal that would ease sanctions on Iran’s economy, including oil exports, in return for scaling back its advancing atomic program. Thought's of President: Much rests on what Tehran’s leaders will be willing to accept and forgo. However, President Ebrahim Raisi insisted on Monday that any deal would be meaningless before resolving an onerous investigation into the Islamic Republic’s past nuclear work. Iran’s political establishment is used to parrying economic uncertainty and spiraling inflation but the recent surge in food prices has pressured the country’s middle and working classes. The clerics in Tehran are acutely aware of the huge impact US sanctions relief can have on their tattered economy and popularity. Effects: Before t...