Support for the Iran nuclear deal
The ELN has been committed to working to preserve the Iran nuclear deal through its analysis, advocacy and mobilising its senior pan-European network.
The ELN has been committed to working to preserve the Iran nuclear deal through its analysis, advocacy and mobilising its senior pan-European network.
ELN Board Member Stefano Stefanini discusses the European drive to save the JCPOA and talks about recent ELN delegation visit.
In early January 2018, the ELN took a senior non-governmental European delegation to Washington D.C. at a crucial moment in US decision-making over the JCPOA. It has produced a report of the visit which sets out the delegation’s main arguments and reflects on the results.
Hans Blix, former IAEA Director General and ELN member, argues that American concerns over Iran’s nuclear weapons intentions may be more of a marketing ploy than a real worry.
ELN Director Adam Thomson and ELN Research Director Lukasz Kulesa argue that while there will be no immediate transatlantic divorce, the US position on the Iran Deal has drawn the EU countries, Russia and China closer together as JCPOA signatories.
Emmanuelle Maitre argues that the Trump administration’s policy shift means that it is now the US which is violating the spirit of the JCPOA. By targeting the motivations of potential investors, it is making the deal much less attractive for Tehran.