African Journal of Law, Political Research and Administration (AJLPRA)

Impact of U.S. Withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Gulf Region and the World

Abstract

The paper delves into the Iranian nuclear program which led to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and other world powers. It also examines the American withdrawal from the negotiating tables of JCPOA and its long run impact on the Gulf region and the world in general. The paper adopts the historical-descriptive research from library documents relying on secondary methodology. The paper discovers that, the JCPOA is the most reliable avenue through which the Iranian nuclear program issues can be discussed and provide a better multilateral agreement for regional and global peace to be sustained. The paper concludes that, so long the United States continue to impose sanctions on Iran and refuses to return to the JCPOA, so long Iran will continue to enrich uranium which may lead to the development of nuclear weapons, if the European Union also remains silent on how to neutralize such sanctions. The paper recommends restraints from the United States on perpetual meddling in the regional political affairs, restraint from Saudi Arabia from fighting the Houthis in Yemen, and restrain from Iran from fueling more tensions for perpetual peace to be achieved.