International Peace Management: Analyzing the Political Turmoil Created by Israel's Claims about Iran's Secretive Nuclear Policy

This assignment analyzes the political unrest created by Israel's claims about Iran's secretive nuclear policy. It discusses the impact of USA's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear framework and the response of the European Union. It also proposes recommendations to avoid such political conflicts and strengthen diplomatic relations.

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Executive Summary
The purpose of this assignment is look into the present matter of political unrest created by
the Israel’s claim about Iran’s secretive nuclear policy. USA’s withdrawal from the 2015
nuclear framework and the response of the European Union and the political rift that has been
created by these decisions are the points to be discussed in the assignment. The discussion
develops an analytical study of the situation and what impact it can have in the world political
scenario. It also discusses possible recommendations which can be used for the avoidance of
such political conflicts and how to strengthen the diplomatic relations between the concerned
countries.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................3
Discussion:.................................................................................................................................3
Israel’s Claims:.......................................................................................................................3
USA’s standpoint:..................................................................................................................4
Report by IAEA:....................................................................................................................5
European Union and its standpoint:.......................................................................................6
Recommendations:.....................................................................................................................7
Conclusion:................................................................................................................................8
Reference:..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction:
The Iran nuclear deal framework was a major nuclear agreement that took place in
2015 between the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Germany, the
European Union and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The framework agreement, was to focus on
Iran’s conversion of its nuclear facilities and reducing their enrichment centres only for
research and development for scientific purposes. The agreement allowed the United Nations
body International Atomic Energy Agency to monitor the nuclear facilities so as not to
produce any military grade weapon material or any weapon of mass destruction. This deal
was in the favour Iran’s economic development as this deal would allow the USA, United
Nations and the European Union to lift all the economic and political sanctions from Iran
(Borger). This would generate better revenues from the fields of petroleum, automobiles and
other banking sectors. Transparency and abolishment of weapons of mass destruction was the
chief agenda of the deal. However, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, recently
claimed that Iran was nowhere near to the agreement and had been secretly pursuing its
nuclear weapons development. US President Donald Trump, in support of Mr Netanyahu,
withdrew from the nuclear framework. However, the IAEA, claimed that Iran had not
violated the agreement (Murphy). The European Union backed Iran and this has created
differences between the USA and the European Union. The purpose of this assignment is to
look into the different matters that created this rift of opinions and propose a strategic
measure to avoid an international conflict.
Discussion:
Israel’s Claims:
The sudden revelation of Israeli Prime Minister Mr Netanyahu has created a political
turmoil in the world nuclear politics. The claims about the continuation of similar nuclear

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weapon development as Project Amad, has drawn US President Donald Trump’s attention to
the scenario. Mr Netanyahu claims that Israel has retrieved 55000 pages of documents and
183 CDs as a proof of Iran’s secretive project and they have shared it with the USA for
justification and would submit to the IAEA and the European Union in the future (bbc.com).
However, this type of allegations can be seen as a political theatre which has often been used
in the world politics. The rivalry between Israel and Iran is a well-known fact and it has
triggered different conflicts earlier. The military problem in Syria is one of the main reasons
for the tension between these two countries. Israel has been constantly disturbed by Iran’s
military presence in Syria, and has always voiced up allegations against Iran for providing
military assistance to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and helping Palestine against Israel.
The revelation by Mr Netanyahu might be a political response to the above mentioned
matters as these might draw international attention to Iran’s strength and indirectly curb it rise
to power. The political act might already have been successful as the recent airstrikes in
Syria, destroying its chemical plants have claimed a number of Iranian lives and dealt a blow
to the Iranian power (reuters.com). Israel itself has carried out surgical airstrikes and the
revelation can be used as a mere tool of this justification.
The debate is long one, as the Iranian Foreign Minister has constantly denied these
claims as false and unjustified without any concrete proof (bbc.com). This called in for
further investigations about the sudden political turmoil created by Israel against Iran.
USA’s standpoint:
The USA had been most vocal in carrying out the 2015 agreement and influenced the
United Nations and the European Union to carry out the deal in order to curb Iran’s rise to
nuclear power (nytimes.com). The 2003 Project Amad was a major concern as Iran showed a
meteoric rise to nuclear power. However, the 2015 agreement created a barrier to limit Iran’s

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nuclear research for scientific purposes only. Israel’s claims about Iran, triggered President
Donald Trump to withdraw from the 2015 deal. President Trump had been sceptical about the
‘Obama-era’ deal and used Israel’s claims to quickly withdraw from the deal (bbc.com).
However, the decision might be haste and required further investigations before taking place.
Going against the European allies is not to be seen as a positive move for the USA as these
creates a political rift between nations which had been responsible for maintaining world
peace since the Second World War.
The statements by Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani about US not adhering to its
commitments (cbsnews.com) has already drawn sympathy from the members of the European
Union and other permanent members of the Security Council. President Hassan Rouhani has
also given hints that if the USA alleges false statements against Iran, adhering to Israel’s
claims without proper investigation and proof, Iran would back out from the deal itself and
work on development of nuclear arms to be prepared for any action by the USA
(aljazeera.com). These creates potential for future conflicts which needs to be avoided at the
highest priority.
Report by IAEA:
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), amidst all these turmoil claimed
that Iran was complying by the nuclear deal of the 2015 and has remained within its limits of
uranium extraction and enrichment (cbsnews.com). These reports creates a further tension
about the justification of President Trump’s withdrawal from the crucial nuclear deal without
any concrete evidence. However, it suggested that more co-operation and access from Iran
would enhance the inspections and help IAEA produce a better report.
IAEA has constantly defended Iran’s cause and the deal and has always seen it as the
world’s most concrete verification agreement. The Agency’s visits to all the energy sites and

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nuclear facilities of Iran has facilitated IAEA’s confidence and the implementation of the
deal. The various reports by the IAEA has confirmed again and again that there has been no
change in Iran’s nuclear behaviour in the recent past. These reports seem to have pacified the
members of the European Union (Francois), however, President Trump still remains
sceptical. He claims that the many of the restrictions have lapsed with time and does not
address Iran’s role in military conflicts in Syria (Holpuch).
President Trump should not confuse his ideas and should be more focused on
discussing it with his European counterparts before taking such decisions so as to avoid
potential conflicts and rivalry.
European Union and its standpoint:
The European Union has been patient and shown support to Iran based on the reports
by the IAEA. French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin in a
press conference backed the report by the IAEA about Iran’s satisfactory nuclear programmes
and were of the view of not taking any harsh decisions against Iran (time.com). Contrary to
Trump’s views the European Union’s foreign policies and counties like France, Britain and
Germany said that they would respect the 2015 deal and continue to help Iran by keeping
their oil investments in the country and would go to any measures to provide Iran the other
economic help that they deserved (reuters.com). Iran’s president in response welcomed such
ideas and encouraged the European Union to continue and safeguard the policies towards
Iran.
These political developments have already created minor rift between the USA and
European Union leadership. The European Union still believes that the nuclear deal is the
best way to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons (reuters.com) and USA should be
more patient in moving away from such an important deal. The European Union believes that

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Iran’s military presence in Syria is a major concern as expressed by President Trump, but
considers it to be a separate issue which has to be dealt separately in a different policy. They
are committed to co-operating with the USA on such issues (reuters.com), but drawing away
from the 2015 deal seems to be irrelevant and can cause more harm than benefit.
The European Union’s more patient outlook with the present political tension seems
to be one of the best deals as The French President has already initiated discussions on Iran’s
missile programs and its role in the military crisis in Syria which seemed to provide a
potential beneficial outcome. However, USA seems adamant in its views as US secretary of
state Mike Pompeo believes that USA would withdraw from the deal if the European partners
could not convince them of the possible outcomes to be beneficiary.
Recommendations:
The nuclear deal of 2015 was a major agreement which focused on limiting Iran’s
nuclear development to only research and development for scientific purposes. Jeopardising
such an important deal by the US President Donald Trump on allegations by Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to put the USA on a collision of political interests with
its European allies and Iran itself.
The USA should review its ideas about the collapse of the nuclear deal and constantly
discuss with the European Union to develop a more sustainable approach towards the policy.
Former President Barack Obama has already criticized the move and said that the deal was
favourable to the US interests. The Russian government also seems to be disappointed by the
US policy. These type of political collision could be avoided if the USA reconsiders its
decision.
However, the present decision by the USA has triggered support from Iran’s regional
rivals such as Israel and Saudi Arabia. This promotes future rivalry and political uprising for

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the future. Reconsideration and reforming the deal with new sustainable clauses can develop
a more peaceful outcome which can result in satisfying interests for all the parties.
The USA has always received support from its European allies but making such
moves on mere allegations by Israel might draw their interests away from USA’s favour in
further decisions. Moreover, a hostile diplomatic environment might be created between the
leadership of the European allies and the USA which can result in future turmoil. Discussion
with the European powers and respecting their values might regain the favour for USA and
can stop the political disturbance that has been triggered.
Conclusion:
The recent claims by Israel about Iran’s secretive nuclear policy has created a huge
political tension. However, from the above discussion it can be seen that there are several
ways in which the disturbance could have been avoided. Israel’s allegations seems to be weak
as it has not yet provided the claimed documents to the United Nations or the IAEA for
verification. USA’s decision on such weak allegations have jeopardised the nuclear deal that
had been in effect since 2015 and has triggered Iranian response to create nuclear arms in
future if they are humiliated like these. The European Union has taken a more patient
decision to believe in the reports by the IAEA and decided to continue their support towards
Iran until the allegations are proved. Such decisions help to avert international crisis and USA
should discuss the matters with the European powers and reconsider its decision as of now.
Finally, the discussion concludes that USA should adopt a more sustainable approach and
reinstate its support towards the deal as of now until further investigations are completed.
This move would decrease the political tensions and let the super powers develop a different
approach to tackle with possible political crisis in the future.

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