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"Congress should monitor Iran deal, not keep trying to kill it"  — Larry Hanauer — RAND Corporation — September 12, 2015

With passage of the Iran nuclear deal almost certain, the author argues that opponents in Congress should work to oversee its implementation rather than try and derail it, as imposing new sanctions would "would undermine the credibility of the United States and — because other countries will relax sanctions regardless of what Washington does — give Iran the opportunity to reap economic benefits while continuing its nuclear program."

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Congressional Oversight
"A Better Deal for Iran"  — Kaye, Dalia Dassa — RAND Corporation — August 24, 2015

Dalia Dassa Kaye argues that congressional rejection of the nuclear deal with Iran would mean that key partners would likely abandon the sanctions regime, allowing Iran to reap the benefits of sanctions relief without having to abide by any of the nuclear restrictions. She concludes that if "anyone is going to get a better deal than the one being debated today, it would likely be Iran,"

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"Opening Iran After the Nuclear Deal"  — Alireza Nader and Morad Ghorban — RAND Corporation — July 31, 2015

Iranians overwhelmingly support the nuclear deal, seeing it as opening up the possibility for more economic cooperation and dialogue with the West and improving the prospects for democratic reform in Iran.

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Iranian Public Opinion
"It's Time to Reboot Our Relationship with Russia and Iran's Neighbors"  — Denis Corboy, William Harrison Courtney and Richard Kauzlarich — RAND Corporation — July 27, 2015

A prospective lifting of sanctions on Iran may bring economic benefit to its neighbors in the South Caucasus—Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Yet this cannot offset the region's deep-seated weaknesses, from ethnic tension to government corruption to substantial poverty.

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Russia
"Defusing the Iranian Crisis"  — Stephen F. Larrabee — RAND Corporation — March 09, 2006

Iran's decision to resume efforts to enrich uranium that could be used to produce nuclear weapons in defiance of international pressure to curb its nuclear program represents a significant escalation of the crisis between that nation and the international community. It has also raised the prospect that the United States or Israeli military might launch a strike against Iranian nuclear facilities if Iran continues its intransigence.

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Dalia Dassa Kaye
Director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy

Dalia Dassa Kaye is the director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. 

Alireza Nader
Senior international policy analyst at RAND

Alireza Nader is a senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and author of The Days After a Deal With Iran: Continuity and Change in Iranian Foreign Policy. His research has focused on Iran's political dynamics, elite decisionmaking, and Iranian foreign policy.

David Ochmanek
David Ochmanek is a senior defense analyst at the RAND Corporation. He has been associated with RAND from 1985 until 1993, and again since 1995. While at RAND, he has worked on assessments of the capabilities of U.S. conventional and strategic nuclear forces, arms control, defense planning, regional security, and national security strategy. From 1993 until June 1995, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy.