The United States and Iran: a Strained Relationship For more than a century now, the United States and Iran have shared a very strained relationship. Communism, oil, radical Islam, and nuclear proliferation are just some of the several disputes that these two nations have butted heads against throughout these years. Violations of trust have negatively affected the perceptions each country holds for one another, and the previous leader of Iran was disinclined and unwilling to ease tensions with the U.S. during his time of presidency from 2005 to 2013. However, despite all of the issues that have transpired between these two nations in the past, some light has recently been shown on the possibility of repairing the relationship’s strains rather
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Since citizens of both countries have yearned for this change for years, the economic growth that will result will be beneficial for both countries (as well as others), and the recent circumstances provide excellent opportunities for mending the relationship, there is no reason why we should not ease the tensions between these two nations. Firstly, people of both the U.S. and Iran have yearned for this change for decades. During Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, he publicized that, if were to be elected the next president, he would meet with anyone wanting to mend relations with Iran. This included Iran’s president at the time, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. On June 2, 2009, President Obama called for “a new beginning” during his speech at Cairo University. When there, he addressed the fact that “Iran has played a role in several acts of violence against U.S. troops and civilians.” After stating this, he insisted that the U.S. was “prepared to move forward” if Iran was willing to reciprocate. Back in Iran, 1,000s of Iranians witnessed Obama’s speech online, and they were exultant with what he had to …show more content…
business and economy will skyrocket. Since Iran holds the world’s 4th largest oil reserves, lifting the sanctions on their economy could cut the world price of crude petroleum by approximately 10%. With these statistics, the United States could be saving nearly $80,000,000,000 annually. In addition with oil, our economy would have the ability to implement Iranian business (such as food, clothing, jewelry, etc.) into our own and distribute it to consumers worldwide. For Iran, they will have the ability of using some of our technology that needed to rebuild their broken economy, be introduced back into the normal, active economy, and be able to make a tremendously high amount of profit off of their petroleum. Other countries would benefit from this as well. Russia, China, Brazil, South Africa, and a select few European countries are the other nations that could possibly benefit from the sheer amounts of oil contained in Iran and other cultural items Iran has to offer. Without a doubt, easing tensions existing between the United States and Iran is surely going to provide an economic boost that will benefit more than just these two nations. This is all is only possible because of the recent conditions that have materialized over the last previous months. Without them, this may never become a
Since citizens of both countries have yearned for this change for years, the economic growth that will result will be beneficial for both countries (as well as others), and the recent circumstances provide excellent opportunities for mending the relationship, there is no reason why we should not ease the tensions between these two nations. Firstly, people of both the U.S. and Iran have yearned for this change for decades. During Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, he publicized that, if were to be elected the next president, he would meet with anyone wanting to mend relations with Iran. This included Iran’s president at the time, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. On June 2, 2009, President Obama called for “a new beginning” during his speech at Cairo University. When there, he addressed the fact that “Iran has played a role in several acts of violence against U.S. troops and civilians.” After stating this, he insisted that the U.S. was “prepared to move forward” if Iran was willing to reciprocate. Back in Iran, 1,000s of Iranians witnessed Obama’s speech online, and they were exultant with what he had to …show more content…
business and economy will skyrocket. Since Iran holds the world’s 4th largest oil reserves, lifting the sanctions on their economy could cut the world price of crude petroleum by approximately 10%. With these statistics, the United States could be saving nearly $80,000,000,000 annually. In addition with oil, our economy would have the ability to implement Iranian business (such as food, clothing, jewelry, etc.) into our own and distribute it to consumers worldwide. For Iran, they will have the ability of using some of our technology that needed to rebuild their broken economy, be introduced back into the normal, active economy, and be able to make a tremendously high amount of profit off of their petroleum. Other countries would benefit from this as well. Russia, China, Brazil, South Africa, and a select few European countries are the other nations that could possibly benefit from the sheer amounts of oil contained in Iran and other cultural items Iran has to offer. Without a doubt, easing tensions existing between the United States and Iran is surely going to provide an economic boost that will benefit more than just these two nations. This is all is only possible because of the recent conditions that have materialized over the last previous months. Without them, this may never become a