Iran – US: Kicking the nuclear can down the road.

A prospective temporary Iran-US agreement over the nuclear issue would effectively recognise Iran as a nuclear-threshold state and may facilitate the election of a president in Lebanon.

There are multiple media reports of talks between Iran and the US to reach a temporary agreement where some Iranian frozen funds are released, there is an exchange of prisoners, and Iran refrains from enriching uranium beyond 60%, up from 3% in the 2015 nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA). Such an agreement, if it materialises, woul…