Nuclear deal gains steam in Iran

President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s return to Tehran after attending the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York has been received with the usual bombast by the conservative and hardline media in Iran, which declared him victorious and an indispensable global leader.

In its May 6 editorial, for instance, the influential newspaper Kayhan declared that if “Iran is able to reach the end of the nuclear path, it will produce a new model of nuclearization, which would be followed by other countries”.

From this point of view, continued enrichment and redirection of  the international conversation towards the weapons programs of other countries would boost Iran’s position as the leader of the developing world, whereas failure would undermine Iran’s international standing.

Asia Times