On Dec. 15, Iran will emerge from 36 years of global isolation. The country’s leadership will have assured the world that its nuclear centrifuges are dismantled, and the process of lifting the three-decade-old United Nations, European Union and the US sanctions will begin immediately.
Expectedly, there is overt and covert Western pressure to sabotage (pdf) the long-awaited “Implementation Day.” But hopefully, common sense will prevail. Sanctions have strained Iran’s ability to finance its growth and to trade with the world. Now this market of 80 million is ready for—and can afford—everything from airplane spare parts to container ports, consumer goods to technology products.