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Source: http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-iran-deal-already-falling-apart-17118?page=show
Little Progress in Post-Deal U.S.-Iranian Relations
(National Interest) Mohammed Nuruzzaman - The nuclear deal with Iran addressed some short-term concerns and issues in U.S.-Iranian adversarial relations, while leaving a host of deeper political and strategic problems unresolved. The lack of progress in post-deal U.S.-Iranian relations speaks of deep political, ideological and strategic divergences, which are not necessarily reducible, between the two adversaries. Politically, Iran and the U.S. stand poles apart: the U.S. proclaims itself a free and open society, while Iran is led by a Supreme Leader with strict adherence to Islamic rules, norms and values. The writer is associate professor of international relations at Gulf University for Science and Technology in West Mishref, Kuwait.