On 14th July 2015, Germany, France, the European Union, China, Russia and the United States of America have made an agreement which ought to end the controversy on the Iranian nuclear program. Though formally being an equal member, Iran is being subjected to control by a monitoring committee of all negotiating partners with the agreement on a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
This comprehensive nuclear agreement is strongly criticized by right-wing American politicians and Israel. The compromise is said to be worse than the status quo due to the profound concessions. Does the agreement promote security risks? Does it even facilitate and reduce Iran’s way to the bomb?
In HSFK-Report 02/2015 „Khameneis Rote Linien: Eine Bewertung des „Iran-Abkommens““, Harald Müller explores the claim that a naive West has made abundant concessions to Iran. He evaluates the agreement by examining whether Iran was able to enforce its previously announced demands, the so-called “Red Lines”. He emphasizes the important and constructive roles of Germany and the EU and further proposes detailed recommendations to the German Federal Government.
This HSFK-Report is available as a free PDF download and as print copy at PRIF for 6 € (in German).