Iran’s Nuclear Milestone
... drawn out. In many ways, the agreement came to be thanks to the efforts of Russia, which played a critical role in the process in 2012—2013, when neither the Iranian nor the Russian side showed any real commitment to continuing the dialogue in the P5+1 format. It was thanks to the efforts of Russian diplomats that negotiations continued up until the Iranian presidential elections, which saw the arrival of Hassan Rouhani to power. The ensuing dialogue was far more constructive. If the negotiations had frozen at that time, when the Russian ...