Iran sees higher oil exports after sanctions despite complications

The framework nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group brings tantalisingly close the prospect of an end to sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s oil sales and finances. If the agreement can be finalised by the end of June, the lifting of sanctions in H2 2015 could give the economic shot in the arm that has been central to President Hassan Rouhani’s arguments against domestic critics of the deal, and to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s support for an accord that is opposed by many of his radical allies.