- A new version of the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, would be very different from the original, said Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, an economics professor at Virginia Tech.
- "JCPOA version two is very different from version one. Version one was being implemented by a moderate government that was on the whole, very much oriented towards the global economy, towards rapprochement with the West," said Salehi-Isfahani.
- Still, despite Iran's growing links to major Eastern powers like Russia and China, a complete shift eastward is not necessarily a good Plan B, some analysts believe.