When the full text of the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran was released, analysts expecting the language of a balanced peace agreement found something rather different. What the document describes, point by point, is a near-total concession by the world's most powerful military to a country it had spent decades sanctioning, isolating, and periodically bombing.

The regime has learned it must extract concessions rather than promises from the US, says Sina Toossi from the Center for International Policy

The memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran is only the first step on a long and difficult road to peace and stability