The UN Security Council’s reimposition of international sanctions on Iran on 27 September signified the final collapse of the JCPOA nuclear deal, a decade after it was signed in 2015 (MEES, 17 July 2015). The deal had brought much hope of economic revival, ending decades of isolation, but the US withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018 had already shattered any remaining optimism (MEES, 10 August 2018).
Over the following years, Iran’s compliance with the deal’s limits on nuclear proliferation has deteriorated (MEES, 13 June). Seemingly strategized as a way of strengthening its hand in negotiations, this has alienated Western states and increased the risk of further military strikes from Israel. (CONTINUED - 1091 WORDS)
