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Iran nuclear accord requires secular 'reset' of Turkey's foreign policy - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Iran nuclear accord requires secular 'reset' of Turkey's foreign policy

The nuclear accord reached between the P5+1 states and Iran in Geneva during the early hours of Nov. 24 was a heartwarming sign that the international system can still produce diplomatic solutions. It is a success story for Iranian President Rouhani as much it is for the Barack Obama administration. If former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinajad’s extremism and irrationalism had not been replaced by Rouhani’s realism and rationalism — in other words, if Iran’s foreign policy had not truly been "reset"—the world would not feel as at ease as it does right now.

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