Jubilation in the streets of Tehran after news of the deal which means sanctions will be lifted. EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh.
Finally, after years of diplomacy and brinkmanship, the long-awaited nuclear deal with Iran has been done. There is jubilation in the streets as Iran’s people, who have struggled under the weight of western sanctions for decades, are waking up to the prospect of a brighter economic future.
It’s a big win for the US and a major foreign-policy success for the president, Barack Obama, and the secretary of state, John Kerry. But above all this is a triumph for Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani. He has staked his political future on a deal that means economic salvation and paves the way for his policy of 'engagement' bringing Iran in from the geopolitical cold.
