The diplomatic agreement found it's way to conclusion when President Obama demanded the sanctions be applied to their full extent. That's right. The much discussion about Iran's sanctions were written in agreement but were never instituted until President Obama came into office.
Once Iran realized the sanctions were real and not just political mind speak to prepare for the next Neocon war; the agreement became a place for a newly elected Iranian President to seek an understanding of his people.
July 27, 2015
By Robin Wright
...I remarked on how much Iran (click here) had changed since the revolution, when I was nervous driving after dark, because cars were stopped at nighttime checkpoints to verify that the women inside were related to the men. Neighborhood komitehs raided homes suspected of partying and prowled streets to confront women who wore lipstick or exposed their ankles.
“You just have to go to this park to understand the state of mind among Iranians today,” Hadian, a political scientist now at the University of Tehran, said. “The revolution is in a midlife crisis. What is a midlife crisis? When you think idealism and youthfulness are gone. The revolution doesn’t want to accept that it has grown older, that it won’t achieve everything it wanted to achieve. Or that it has to adapt to survive.”
We reached the end of the park just as fireworks celebrating the Prophet’s heavenly journey went off over Tehran. People scrambled to get selfies against the flashing night sky....
The sanctions worked when finally instituted as they were meant to be applied. They worked so well there came a new president to Iran, President Hassan Rouhani. The sanctions worked so well under President Obama that the agreement of decades finally came to be reality.'
The sanctions worked so well, that Iran's people don't want them back. This article by Robin Wright doesn't entertain the imagination, but, proves the Iranian people have many dimensions and are capable of very interesting and productive lives. These aren't oppressed people under their revolutionary government, they are happier than before. If the American people want the Iranian prisons to reform, then talk to the people and have them talk to their President who can finally take up such matters with the legislative body to the Iranian government.
Ms. Wright states sixty percent of Iran's people are under 35 years old. That is a lot of hope, new babies and demand for a future of promise, not oppression. These people have proven they are not interested in international politics that dictate the only venue to resolving differences is war. They are also new to the world's governments. A few decades is nothing compared the age of some of the oldest civilizations in the world.
Because of applied sanctions the Iranian people now realize how important good international relations are to all countries. There is not a country of people in this world that wants nuclear weapons to end their lives or the lives of their children.
Iranians are looking forward to new economic growth in their country; more opportunity and a real chance to have a large and vibrant middle class. They are interested in peace within the Middle East and the choice of their leaders have proven that.
The lifting of sanctions is not the only aspect of relationships with Iran. There needs to be cultural exchanges and ultimately tourism. Each country within the agreement has an opportunity to appreciate Iranians and have Iranians appreciate them. This agreement brings about far greater opportunity to grow and stabilize the understanding each people have to end the threat of war and grow stability leading to peace. Sanctions can bring to mind the threat of war and they should be respected. The results of agreements carry with them the anticipations of a better life for the citizens today and the future of their children.
The Iranians chose leadership that can speak for them in their desires for peace and not war. The Iranian people have to realize their choices were respected and sanctions lifted to insure the leaders we have to deal with are as much a representative of peace as those that brought us to this point today. The Iranians are looking forward to an expanding and growing economy when sanctions are lifted over time. They should not be disappointed.
Once Iran realized the sanctions were real and not just political mind speak to prepare for the next Neocon war; the agreement became a place for a newly elected Iranian President to seek an understanding of his people.
July 27, 2015
By Robin Wright
...I remarked on how much Iran (click here) had changed since the revolution, when I was nervous driving after dark, because cars were stopped at nighttime checkpoints to verify that the women inside were related to the men. Neighborhood komitehs raided homes suspected of partying and prowled streets to confront women who wore lipstick or exposed their ankles.
“You just have to go to this park to understand the state of mind among Iranians today,” Hadian, a political scientist now at the University of Tehran, said. “The revolution is in a midlife crisis. What is a midlife crisis? When you think idealism and youthfulness are gone. The revolution doesn’t want to accept that it has grown older, that it won’t achieve everything it wanted to achieve. Or that it has to adapt to survive.”
We reached the end of the park just as fireworks celebrating the Prophet’s heavenly journey went off over Tehran. People scrambled to get selfies against the flashing night sky....
The sanctions worked when finally instituted as they were meant to be applied. They worked so well there came a new president to Iran, President Hassan Rouhani. The sanctions worked so well under President Obama that the agreement of decades finally came to be reality.'
The sanctions worked so well, that Iran's people don't want them back. This article by Robin Wright doesn't entertain the imagination, but, proves the Iranian people have many dimensions and are capable of very interesting and productive lives. These aren't oppressed people under their revolutionary government, they are happier than before. If the American people want the Iranian prisons to reform, then talk to the people and have them talk to their President who can finally take up such matters with the legislative body to the Iranian government.
Ms. Wright states sixty percent of Iran's people are under 35 years old. That is a lot of hope, new babies and demand for a future of promise, not oppression. These people have proven they are not interested in international politics that dictate the only venue to resolving differences is war. They are also new to the world's governments. A few decades is nothing compared the age of some of the oldest civilizations in the world.
Because of applied sanctions the Iranian people now realize how important good international relations are to all countries. There is not a country of people in this world that wants nuclear weapons to end their lives or the lives of their children.
Iranians are looking forward to new economic growth in their country; more opportunity and a real chance to have a large and vibrant middle class. They are interested in peace within the Middle East and the choice of their leaders have proven that.
The lifting of sanctions is not the only aspect of relationships with Iran. There needs to be cultural exchanges and ultimately tourism. Each country within the agreement has an opportunity to appreciate Iranians and have Iranians appreciate them. This agreement brings about far greater opportunity to grow and stabilize the understanding each people have to end the threat of war and grow stability leading to peace. Sanctions can bring to mind the threat of war and they should be respected. The results of agreements carry with them the anticipations of a better life for the citizens today and the future of their children.
The Iranians chose leadership that can speak for them in their desires for peace and not war. The Iranian people have to realize their choices were respected and sanctions lifted to insure the leaders we have to deal with are as much a representative of peace as those that brought us to this point today. The Iranians are looking forward to an expanding and growing economy when sanctions are lifted over time. They should not be disappointed.
