The Future Of Nuclear Negotiations With Iran (2015-2023)

Abstract

The study aimed to shed light on the Iranian nuclear program, its objectives, and the circumstances that led to the signing of a nuclear agreement with Iran in 2015 and the unilateral US withdrawal from it in 2018.Then the recent Vienna negotiations (2021 and 2022) to try to revive the agreement again and the scenarios of the nuclear negotiations with Iran. The study used the descriptive approach, the analytical approach, and the inductive approach. The study hypothesized that there is a correlation between the difficulty of nuclear negotiations in reaching a permanent and acceptable nuclear agreement for all international and regional parties, and Iran's adherence to its nuclear program, which reflects its aspirations to possess a deterrent force to protect its political system, impose its regional and international prestige, and play a dominant regional role in the Gulf region in particular and the Middle East in general. The study suggested a scenario of delaying reaching an agreement on reviving the nuclear agreement signed in 2015 until after the upcoming US presidential elections in 2024.