Iran Nuclear Deal: A Blessing in Disguise for ISIS?

The Iran nuclear deal pursued by the United States will be capitalised by ISIS within the aggrieved Sunnis as just another alliance between the West and the Shiites, thus lending more support for the ISIS push for a Caliphate. There will also be a rise in sectarian violence as a Sunni-Shia proxy war...

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Main Author: Shahzeb Ali Rathore
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79861
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38906
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The Iran nuclear deal pursued by the United States will be capitalised by ISIS within the aggrieved Sunnis as just another alliance between the West and the Shiites, thus lending more support for the ISIS push for a Caliphate. There will also be a rise in sectarian violence as a Sunni-Shia proxy war could be on the horizon.