Final Post: Iran Nuclear Talks

Final Post: Iran Nuclear Talks

Iranian Nuclear Talks brought up various subtopics worthy of discussion.  “Talks” are implicative of the Iran’s negotiations with the U.N. that have historically taken place in Vienna. As we delved into the historical aspects of this issue, we uncovered that Iran and the Western World have been in dispute for quite some time.  For many decades, the U.N. and the United States, in particular, have forbidden Iran’s pursuit of developing nuclear energy.  Western nations have for many years, expressed their anxieties about Iran’s intentions with nuclear power as the U.S. (along with Israel and other non-Muslim nations), believe this poses a threat to the rest of the world.  Trade restrictions have been implemented to discourage Iran from developing nuclear power and as a result, Iran has economically suffered.  Recently, the U.N. developed a treaty which by restricts Iran from practicing certain methods of creating nuclear power.  Iran has managed to stay in the confines of that treaty and lately, many of the trade restrictions between Iran and the Western World has been relieved.  There is plan of further talks between both parties in the near future, whereby the U.N. will either revert to trade restrictions or continue liberating them.    

            The entirety of our research was internet-based which is both good and bad.  On one hand, we were able to obtain various sources of information off the internet, each having different takes on the issue.  On the other hand, internet articles are limited because most of them have a political agenda, particularly pertaining to a western ideology.  We tried our best to have a neutral standpoint but it was difficult finding information that was really authentic.  For example, I found an article that elucidated on the Russian perspective of the Iranian Nuclear Talks, however, the problem was that the article was written by an American.  Another example: one article discussing Iran’s economic future expressed that removing trade restrictions had a positive effect on the rest of the world.  However, another article argued the opposite opinion, stating that looser trade restrictions would allow Iran to build nuclear weapons.  It appeared that every story we read had some aspects of political propaganda.      

There were many interesting themes that popped up during my research process.  For starters, I learned that Israel has been the strongest adversary of Iran’s goals toward nuclear power.  I also found intriguing, that Russia takes a neutral approach to the issue because Russia is a nearby neighbor that has stronger economic ties with Iran.  One article compared Russia’s relationship to Iran to our relationship with Pakistan (both are relatively neutral).  Now as far as working with a group; I had some restraints for this project because it was hard for us all to communicate with one another.  I wish that each of us wrote separate smaller blogs rather than one person having control of the entire blog for that week, because as a result; only a part of the group contributed.  Although, I want to make clear that it was not the fault of the group members because when one has control of a blog for that week, it’s too difficult to organize everyone’s thoughts into one.  Overall, I enjoyed the learning process throughout and I can truthfully say that I now have a more insight on different perspectives of this issue.  I do however keep in mind that it is a very complicated matter and that I must acknowledge that I do not have a whole grasp on the matter just yet (perhaps I would have a better grasp if I was employed by the U.N.).