After more than 16 months of start-and-stop negotiations through intermediaries, this progress is noteworthy, as both sides appear to be on the precipice of an agreement for the first time since the early months of 2022. Western officials expressed renewed optimism after Tehran dropped demands that a branch of its armed forces, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, be removed from the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations. China and Russia, frequent adversaries of the U.S. on the world stage, have signaled support for a renewed JCPOA, but Israel one of America’s closest allies is a vocal opponent of the pact and has ramped up its criticism in recent days. Why is the united states so eager to renewing the Iran nuclear deal?
