One year after Iran nuclear deal, poll shows growing disappointment among Iranians

A year ago, the United States and other world powers reached a historic deal with Iran. Economic sanctions that had hobbled the Islamic republic's economy and led to international isolation would be lifted. In return, Iran agreed to terms that would restrict its nuclear capability, including strict international monitoring.
For many in Iran, the immediate response to the agreement was jubilation. As a real deal began to take shape over months of painstaking negotiations, some had taken to the streets to celebrate, honking car horns and waving Iranian flags.
Now, a year after the deal was reached, things don't look quite so rosy in Iran — and a new poll points to growing disillusionment at the pace of change the accord was supposed to bring.
The poll, conducted for the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) by the independent polling organization IranPoll.com in June, shows that right after the deal was reached on July 14 last year, 76 percent of Iranians approved of it. More remarkable, almost half — 43 percent — approved of it strongly.That figure has since dropped to 63 percent, the poll found, with just 22 percent strongly approving of it.