Is the Obama administration capable of fulfilling Iran’s demand for removing unilateral American sanctions, thus paving the way for an agreement over its nuclear issue? Among a sea of sanctions that the UN Security Council, the EU and the US have imposed on Iran, the US sanctions that target its oil industry and banking system have been the most damaging. America's extensive range of sanctions threatens the countries and the companies who trade with Iran with penalties and with being cut off from the US market.
In the last round of talks in Almaty between Iran and the P5+1 in early April, Iran put forth two demands as necessary conditions for reaching any agreement. These included recognition of Iran’s rights to peaceful nuclear technology and termination of international sanctions — obviously including the tough sanctions imposed by the US.
