(Source: International Crisis Group) Executive Summary One year since its 'implementation day', 16 January 2016, the July 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (the P5+1) - the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - is both a success and in jeopardy. It has delivered so far on its narrow objective: effectively and verifiably blocking all potential pathways for Iran to race toward nuclear weapons, while opening the door to the country's international rehabilitation and economic recovery. But in its transactional nature lies the accord's vulnerability: it has not begun to transform the enmity between Iran and the U.S.,...
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