Vol 2 No 2 (2016)
Artículos

Iran’s Resurgence as Power after International Sanctions Relief: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18847/1.4.2

José Ignacio Castro
Ejército de Tierra, España
Published December 1, 2016
Keywords
  • Iran,
  • Nuclear agreement,
  • Middle East,
  • Sanctions,
  • Nuclear proliferation

Abstract

Nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 Group become a reality at the beginning of 2016, with the Iranian engagement on declaration and reduction of her nuclear capabilities, for a temporary period. Parallel to the agreement accomplishment, Iran has increased her power towards her geopolitical enlargement area in the Mesopotamia and Levant region. Iran´s resurgence has caused a conventional weapons´ proliferation, where ballistic missiles are the main stress´s source. At international level, Iran has achieved better business opportunities, although her economic evolution is still slow, mainly due internal power´s dynamics. At global order level, the agreement has brought main actors power´s redesign in Middle East and other global areas. Inside Iran, the agreement has reinforced institutional authority and at the same time it is opening up the way for hope and for a better future for the Iranian people.