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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

US-Iran deal redraws the Middle East: Tehran gains, rivals alarmed

The U.S.-Iran agreement - the first signed by an American and an Iranian president since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution - is being hailed by its backers as the deal of the century.

But for Tehran's adversaries across the Middle East - from Israel to Gulf states and factions in Lebanon - it looks more like the curse of the century: an accord that could leave Iran more secure, more legitimate and ultimately more influential.

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