article_snippet: A November 2014 Gallup Poll indicates 70% of Iranians hope 70% of Iranians leaders will accept an agreement.
article_snippet: 70% of Iranians expect the country's economy will jump-start through reduction or elimination of sanctions.
article_snippet: So Iranian politicians and clerics, even those on the National Security and Foreign Policy Parliamentary Committee, have gradually begun acknowledging that sooner or later "some sort of a result [i.e., nuclear deal]" will have to be accepted by Tehran.
article_snippet: Ordinary Iranians' desire to reach a pact with the West is understandable.
article_snippet: Fifty-six percent of Iranians responded favorably to its continued development when polled in January.
article_snippet: But Iran's leaders also know full well that agreeing to a pact that lifts most or all sanctions will boost the economy and thereby generate additional resources to enhance the regime's popularity at home and influence abroad.
article_snippet: This central goal of Iran's presence at the negotiating table was made crystal clear during the Supreme Leader's Nav Roz, or New Year, public address on March 21: "Removal of sanctions is part of the subject of negotiations, not of the results ... removal of sanctions should occur without any deal when an agreement is reached."
article_snippet: But as the United States and other world powers work fervently toward clinching the long-awaited nuclear agreement with the Islamic republic, it is important for Western negotiators and politicians to bear two central considerations in mind:
article_snippet: Iran's President continues to suggest that Iran's President seeks a "win-win deal which would serve the interests of all the parties," as does Iran's President negotiating team.
article_snippet: Certainly not only many Asian and African nations, but even two of the superpowers, Russia and China, see little if any threat from Tehran and would much prefer to reopen large-scale trade with Iranians than argue about atomic fission.
article_snippet: Last November, Russia even entered into an agreement to build at least two nuclear reactors in Iran.
article_snippet: Once sanctions are lifted, multinational corporations will likely invest heavily in Iran and resist having to pull out subsequently.
highlights_snippet: Iran's people want a deal in hopes of a better economy .
  