Caspian Report - Issue: 07 - Spring 2014
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Iran Nuclear Negotiations and Turkey Mehmet AkIf Okur Mehmet Akif Okur DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, GAZI UNIVERSITY 54

The internal dynamics of the U.S. and Iran, along with their interpretation of regional and global balances, have contributed significantly to the provisional agreement. The fate of the nuclear negotiations between Iran and P5+1 and the future of the Iranian-Western relations are hot topics for academics and researchers working on the Middle East. If the ongoing negotiations give rise to an agreement, significant developments may occur both at the regional and global level. In order to fully understand this critical process and its possible consequences, the motivations and objectives of the parties involved should be carefully analysed. The internal dynamics of the U.S. and Iran, along with their interpretation of regional and global balances, have contributed significantly to the provisional agreement. Both parties have chosen to re-evaluate their worries, aims and expectations on different issues and establish a dialogue. Any achievements or problems encountered on the way from dialogue to agreement would either strengthen or destabilise each party’s initial motivations. However, in order to answer our questions, we must analyse the original and current motivations of the parties involved. We should go back to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The pillars of the proposal for a direct meeting, reportedly presented to the U.S. in April 2003 with Khamenei’s approval, provide significant clues about Iran’s expectations and objectives. 1 Essentially, Iran was suggesting full-scale cooperation with the U.S. in return for acknowledgement of its demands in relation to the new order to be established in Iraq. These included recognizing Iranian defence needs and “legitimate” interests in the Middle East, ending economic sanctions, maintaining its “peaceful” nuclear, biological, and chemical programs, and protecting the regime. The pro- 55 CASPIAN REPORT, SPRING 2014 1. Discussions about the details of Iran’s proposal for a “Grand Bargain” to the USA in May 2003 still continue. Some documents about the issue were published in New York Times in 2007 by Nicholas D. Kristof. Nicholas D. Kristof, “Iran’s Proposal for a ‘Grand Bargain’”, The New York Times, April 28, 2007, http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/04/28/ irans-proposal-for-a-grand-bargain/

Iran Nuclear<br />

Negotiations and<br />

Turkey<br />

Mehmet AkIf Okur<br />

Mehmet Akif Okur<br />

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, GAZI UNIVERSITY<br />

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