Will Iran become a developed country?

According to the International Monetary Fund, Iran is a “transition economy”, i.e., changing from a planned to a market economy. The United Nations classifies Iran’s economy as semi-developed.

What is our current relationship with Iran?

Iran and the United States have had no formal diplomatic relations since April 7, 1980. Instead, Pakistan serves as Iran’s protecting power in the United States, while Switzerland serves as the United States’ protecting power in Iran.

Does Iran fall in Middle East?

By the mid-20th century a common definition of the Middle East encompassed the states or territories of Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and the various states and territories of Arabia proper (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain.

Is there still a US embassy in Iran?

The US diplomatic mission has been defunct and the building has not been used by the U.S. since the Iran hostage crisis of 1979. Since then, the United States government has been represented in Iran by the United States Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Tehran.

Will Iran play a leading role in shaping the new Middle East?

In the course of the next few years, Iran and the U.S. will increasingly cooperate towards common goals with Iran playing a leading role in shaping the new Middle East, with much more American acquiescence than would have seemed possible merely a decade ago. You have reached the limit of 5 free articles a month.

Is the Middle East no longer an Arab vs Iran competition?

Indeed, the competition most likely to shape the Middle East is no longer between Arab states and Israel or Sunnis and Shiites—but among the three non-Arab rivals. For more than two decades, the United States has seen the politics of the Middle East as a tug of war between moderation and radicalism—Arabs against Iran.

Will Iran and the United States ever become allies again?

In the new Middle East, Iran and the United States are not going to become allies. This is neither possible nor desirable for both countries. Nonetheless, as the current crisis in Iraq has demonstrated, Iran and the United States will begin to communicate more as their interests converge.

What’s happening to the Middle East?

But Arab states have been sliding deeper into paralysis and chaos since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, followed by the failed Arab Spring, leading to new fault lines. Indeed, the competition most likely to shape the Middle East is no longer between Arab states and Israel or Sunnis and Shiites—but among the three non-Arab rivals.