随着核制裁的解除，伊朗于2016年1月重回世界政治舞台，这是自2003年德国在跨大西洋关系陷入低谷的情况下与英法共同发起倡议后最终取得的成果。2015年7月，联合国安理会5个常任理事国、德国、欧盟以及伊朗达成伊朗核问题全面协议，该协议针对伊朗核计划做出了严格限制。对于这份协议的签署仍存在争议：一种观点认为，该协议仅在时间上推迟了伊朗获取核弹；另一种观点认为，协议推动了伊朗与国际社会通过政治经济合作再度融合。对于德国和欧盟而言，此次谈判是它们在世界舞台上的一次“首演”——首度与世界大国同席推动政策的形成。德国与欧盟均非联合国安理会常任理事国，且均不拥有核武器，鉴于这种特殊地位，它们会继续担负起此协议成功执行的特殊责任。
After the lifting of nuclear sanctions，Iran returned in January 2016 to the stage of world politics - a late result of an initiative that Germany had launched jointly with France and the United Kingdom after the transatlantic relationship hit rock bottom in 2003. In July 2015，the five permanent members of the UN Security Council，Germany，the EU and Iran had agreed on subjecting the Iranian nuclear programme to strict limitations. There is controversy about this agreement：For some，it merely delays Iran’s reaching out for the bomb；for others it is an opportunity to reintegrate Teheran into the international community through political and economic cooperation. For Germany and the European Union the negotiations were a first：for the first time they met at eye level with the world powers in international politics. Because of their special situation-they are not permanent members of the Security Council and do not possess nuclear weapons-Berlin and Brussels will bear special responsibility for a successful implementation.
