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Throughout the article, this information dives in deep with the history of the US and its relation to Iran. However, I specifically want to focus on the public opinion on Iran's nuclear deal with the United States. This article has zero thought about how the US or even how Iran feels about the deal outside the hierarchy of power. The article truthfully doesn't focus on the Nuclear detail in great detail. With that being said, I personally don't feel as though article drifts from bias either. This article, although rather long and sometimes wordy, did stay on point, providing clear facts and links for readers verify question. Public opinion is important with regards to the nuclear deal because I would like to think that America bases their decisions on the people's will. I think it is important to add the public opinion section to this article to add depth to the writing and to provide a relatively important section to the article.

Iran–United States relations

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As I add to an established page I want to add some public opinion data to the end of the wiki article. I think it would be neat to know what the US public opinion on the Iran Nuclear Deal is. Do Americans like the deal? Did they like the deal in 2015 and are they against it now? Does America trust Iran more now then they did before the deal? This kind of questions would be interesting to know while reading this article because it provides data that can help readers better understand the thought of some issues the US has tried to solve.

Sources:

http://news.gallup.com/poll/116236/iran.aspx

https://lobelog.com/poll-three-quarters-of-americans-support-the-iran-deal/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/poll-2-to-1-support-for-nuclear-deal-with-iran/2015/03/30/9a5a5ac8-d720-11e4-ba28-f2a685dc7f89_story.html?utm_term=.0e3e9ac8b4b5

https://today.yougov.com/news/2017/10/11/president-trump-strays-public-opinion-iran/

http://www.pollingreport.com/iran.htm

Mehta, S. (2015). P5+1 - Iran Nuclear Agreement - A Silver Lining in US-Iran Relations. Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Vol. 16, Iss. 2.

The links listed above are the sources I will be using for my assignment in evaluating the US thought on the US-Iran Nuclear deal.

Wikipedia Draft:

Public opinion on the US- Iran Nuclear deal has fluctuated significantly since the deal rolled in under the Obama Administration in 2015. According to Gallup News, the overall public opinion of the US thoughts on Iran started at 84% in 2015 has fallen to 79% in polls based on unfavorable ratings. In February of 2016, 57% of Americans were opposed to the current state of the Iran Nuclear deal, whereas 30% approved the deal, and 14% had no opinion on the deal. By October of 2017, Lobe Log polling found that about 45% of Americans were opposed to the Iran Nuclear deal. The approval polls found that 30% of Americans supported the Iran Nuclear deal, staying pretty consistent within the last year. In 2015, The Washington Post claimed that 2 to 1 Americans supported the United States efforts to negotiate with Iran on behalf of their nuclear capabilities. The Washington Post also stated that 59% of Americans favored the lift of sanctions on Iran's economics in return for the power to regulate Iran's nuclear arms. YouGov polls did a survey before President Trump took office and found that in 2015 approximately 44% of Americans thought that the President should honor international agreements signed by past presidents. The Polling Report has reaffirmed the positive polling numbers in 2015. The Polling Report gathered multiple sources ranging from CNN polls to ABC polls and found that the majority of America was in support of the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2015. However, over the last three years, public opinion of the nuclear deal has decreased significantly.

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The negotiations of a peace deal in Iran regarding their nuclear capabilities has been in the talks since 2006. In 2015 the Obama administration agreed to lift sanctions on Iran that had devasted their economy for years, in return Iran promised to give up their nuclear capabilities and allow workers from the UN to do facility checks whenever they so please. President Obama urged US Congress to support the nuclear deal reminding politicians that were wary that if the deal fell through, the US would reinstate their sanctions on Iran.

The deal was reached by a full body of members on the Security Council, as well as Germany and Iran. Some of the highlights of the deal included that for the next 15 years, Iran would cease the improvements of their uranium at the levels of 3.67%. Iran would also seek to improve only useful nuclear energy. Iran also signed on to decrease their uranium stock by 98% and hand over the existing centrifuges and enrichment infrastructure to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA also had the right to observe the centrifuges already in possession of Iran.

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In 2015, The Washington Post claimed that 2 to 1 Americans supported the United States efforts to negotiate with Iran on behalf of their nuclear capabilities. The Washington Post also stated that 59% of Americans favored the lift of sanctions on Iran's economics in return for the power to regulate Iran's nuclear arms. A polling group called YouGov also did a survey before President Trump took office and found that in approximately 44% of Americans thought that the President should honor international agreements signed by past presidents. The Polling Report has reaffirmed the positive polling numbers from using sources ranging from CNN polls to ABC polls and found that the majority of America was in support of the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2015. By 2016 Gallup News reported that the overall public opinion of the US-Iran Nuclear deal was at 30% approval and the disapproval was reported to be at 57%, and 14% had no opinion on the deal. Finally, the latest polls show that in October of 2017, Lobe Log (polling firm) found that about 45% of Americans were opposed to the Iran Nuclear deal. The approval polls found that only 30% of Americans supported the Iran Nuclear deal, staying consistent within the last year.

Support for the Nuclear Deal has vastly shifted from the day it rolled out to now. The majority of Americans supported the deal in 2015, and in just three years, the deal has lost a wide range of support. The majority of Americans now oppose the deal. Since the deal rolled out, America faced the transition of a new Presidential Administration, and the power of the Republican and Democratic party have shifted.