The accord appears to be ambiguous on Iran’s right to enrich uranium—a key sticking point in the talks—with Iran and the United States interpreting the text in different ways

The Deal with Iran

By DANIEL LARISON

The negotiation of a diplomatic agreement–any diplomatic agreement–with the Iranian government has been considered more or less unthinkable until just the last few years, and now it at least seems possible that one of the main causes of tension between America and Iran may be successfully managed so that armed conflict is avoided. It is hard to imagine such a deal being reached if the U.S. had been bombing Syria earlier this year, so we may partly owe this limited first success of diplomacy with Iran to the decision not to attack.

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Provided that the U.S., the rest of the P5+1, and Iran are able to build on this to reach a more lasting and comprehensive agreement, and assuming that the would-be saboteurs keep failing to derail the process, this could be the beginning of a thaw in relations with Iran that could in turn help reduce tensions in the region.

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