Opponents of diplomacy can rest easy – a nuke deal will not automatically mean a US-Iran rapprochement.
![Meeting at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne [REUTERS]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/64cde704f27b4411924c9e242ded7aca_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Amir Handjani is Director of RAK Petroleum PCL, an exploration and production company in the UAE. He is also a Senior Advisor to Karv Communications, a strategic communications firm with a focus on corporate communications, crisis management, and public affairs in New York.
Opponents of diplomacy can rest easy – a nuke deal will not automatically mean a US-Iran rapprochement.
![Meeting at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne [REUTERS]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/64cde704f27b4411924c9e242ded7aca_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
If Europe could secure an alternative to Russian gas, it might deter Russia from destabilising neighbouring countries.
![Gazprom has recently cut gas to Ukraine [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201461865149867734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)