Sineva
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Sadly no.Unfortunately they were both,to put it very mildly,rather naive politicians,who genuinely seemed to believe that a win-win deal with the west was possible,and that as a result,hopefully,iranian-western economic relations could be restored to what they had been back in the 2000-2010 period.They also no doubt hoped that this could be the beginning of something far larger,something that could lead to iranian-western discussions on a far wider range of issues.You think both Rouhani and Zarif knew that this deal most likely wouldn’t work out in the long run and they were simply trying to get sanctions relief for as much as they could?
I genuinely wish rouhani had been a "cynical arsehole" type politician,someone for whom the jcpoa was merely a way to get him a second term in office,and that if the west tore it up the day after that,who gives a fvck?,it served its purpose.Sadly tho that clearly wasnt the case.