Iran’s nuclear programme has been under intense scrutiny from the international community for more than a decade now, as the country continues to play its cards close to its chest and its nuclear intentions remain unclear. Its failure to declare all nuclear facilities and materials in a timely manner has raised suspicion among the major powers and within the non-proliferation community. In this third GP-ORF publication, however, the effort is not to find fault in any of the approaches taken so far; instead, this edited volume consists of nine chapters that deal with various aspects of the Iranian nuclear agreement reached on 2 April 2015.

Contents

• Introduction – Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
• Assessment of Lausanne Framework Accord with Iran – Sheel Kant Sharma

Regional Responses

• From Reaction to Action: Framework Agreement and Gulf Responses – Kanchi Gupta
• From Lausanne to June 30th: Some New Messages from Israel – Emily B. Landau

Major Power Perspectives

• The United States’ Strategy of Engagement towards Iran – Sylvia Mishra and Uma Purushothaman
• Iran Nuclear Framework Agreement: A Russian Perspective – Petr Topychkanov
• The Long Road to Lausanne and the Way Forward for the EU with Iran – Britta Petersen

India and the Framework Agreement

• Iran Nuclear Framework Agreement: Impact on India’s Energy Calculations – Akhilesh Sati
• India’s Approach to the Iran Nuclear Framework Agreement – Arka Biswas

Global Non-Proliferation Regime

Impact on the Global Non-Proliferation Architecture – Rakesh Sood

Annexure
1. Joint Statement by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif Switzerland
2. Parameters for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program (White House Fact Sheet)
3. Iranian Fact Sheet on the Nuclear Negotiations (English Translation)

• Nuclear Security

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