INDIANA - Ever since the overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh, the democratically elected prime minister of Iran in 1953, Iran has been under pressure by the United States and its allies.

From the Iran-Iraq war that lasted for eight years, in which Iran fought all on its own, to economic sanctions that have been ongoing for decades, cruelty towards the biggest country in the Middle East has been apparent.

On Tuesday, May 8th, 2018, Donald Trump, the U.S. president, withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, which has limited the Iranian government from creating enriched uranium, a major substance in making nuclear bombs, in return of removing the sanctions.

The deal was negotiated between France, Germany, Britain, Russia, China, Iran, and Obama, the previous president of the United States. The deal was made possible by the hard work of all the countries mentioned. The aim was to curtail war.

The truth is that the United States and its allies are afraid of Iran getting too powerful. But all the countries trying to stop Iran from having a nuclear program, have nuclear programs themselves. Iran has been threatened and attacked before by these countries for having a defense mechanism that is its right. Denying Iran a nuclear program is simply discriminatory and shows the hypocrisy behind the P5+1. But still Iran agreed to the deal, because the sanctions had put too much pressure on Iranian civilians. People in Iran can hardly buy basic necessities. The economy is at its worse, and America is to blame.

Now what is interesting and more messed up about this whole situation, is that a similar thing happened to Iraq years ago. When Iraq was trying to develop its nuclear program, the same countries got involved, tried to make a deal, and then the Israeli government claimed that Iraq was cheating and not following the rules of the deal. War broke out and the country hasn’t been the same since. Israel is sticking its nose in this time just as it did years ago with Iraq.

Will the same thing that happened to Iraq also happen to Iran? Maybe.

Iranian government has stuck to the deal so far so as all the countries involved in the deal except for the U.S.

Iran, just like any other country in the world, has the right to grow and help Iranians reach prosperity.