Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Accord and D?tente since the Geneva Agreement of 2013 [Hardcover]

In November 2013, a historic agreement on Irans nuclear program was reached between Iran and the world powers, raising the prospects for a long-term agreement that would end the Iran nuclear crisis and set the stage for normal relations between Iran and the West. This book seeks to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of this agreement and the protracted process that preceded it. It examines in details the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the world powers, focusing on the origins and evolution of the Iran nuclear crisis, the unilateral and the multilateral sanctions. It also looks at the relationship between nuclear and various non-nuclear regional issues, as well as the long-term implications for the U.S.-Iran relations.

Nader Entessar is professor and chair of the department of political science and criminal justice at the University of South Alabama.

Kaveh Lotfollah Afrasiabi is an Iranian-American political scientist and author. During 2004-2005, he was involved as an advisor to Iran's nuclear negotiation team.

This book extensively documents the negotiations that led to the deal reached in Vienna in July 2015 between Iran and world powers regarding the formers nuclear program, the most important diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East since the Oslo Accords of the early 1990s. It compellingly shows that political disagreements rather than technical issues have been central to the controversy surrounding Irans nuclear program. A self-declared goal of the book is to present an informed discussion of the Iranian viewpoint that is often poorly represented in English language sources. The book is successful in its goal, as it extensively documents the strategies pursued by Iranian decision makers and the debates taking place within Iran. The authors...offer insight into the national security challenges Iran faces, ranging from declining oil prices to Pakistans nuclear weapons&. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division underl³¼