Peace With Iran Won’t Last Unless It Benefits Ordinary Iranians by Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
A sustainable peace agreement between the United States and Iran will require more than military deterrence. Without financial sanctions relief that fuels job creation and generates real economic opportunities for ordinary Iranians, it will likely suffer the same fate as the 2015 nuclear deal.
BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA—The US-Israeli war against Iran has been marked by miscalculations, starting with the erroneous belief that decapitating the Islamic Republic’s leadership would trigger the regime’s collapse or force its “unconditional surrender.” US President Donald Trump’s assumption that Iran is ready to put the war behind it and move on to reconstruction is equally misguided.
