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The Nuclear Deal Crumbles
(TELOS) Matthias Kuntzel - Iran cannot break the nuclear agreement and intend to stay in it at the same time. Iran's tactic of nuclear extortion is not aimed at Russia or China but rather explicitly at the European Union. Rouhani is giving the E3-Great Britain, France, Germany-an ultimatum: either you protect us from the stepping up of sanctions by the United States or the nuclear deal collapses and we resort to the nuclear option once again, whatever the cost. Even on May 8, 2019, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas celebrated the nuclear deal as "a defining moment of diplomacy." For Germany's government, this deal is indeed more than just any agreement. The P5+1 talks enhanced Germany's status: for the first time, Germany was able to shape global policy together with the veto powers of the Security Council. In addition, there is an ideological aspect: Germany is economically a superpower but militarily a dwarf. As soon as there is a threat of military force, Germany is no longer relevant. Face the facts: the course of the German Iran policy has failed and that with the beginning of Iran's exit from the nuclear deal something fundamentally has changed.