The UN is set to announce the lifting of sanctions on Iran today after Tehran scaled back its nuclear programme. The International sanctions had suffocated Iran’s ability to trade with the west, and was put in place to force anti-western Iran to negotiate on its nuclear programme. The lifting of the sanctions will be marked as a great achievement for U.S. President Barrack Obama and Secretary of State, John Kerry as well as their European partners. In Iran it will be celebrated by President Hassan Rouhani, and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, the face behind the new pro-western Iran. It could usher in a new era in trade between the east and the west, with Iran acting as a middle man on the silk road like the old Persians used to do, as well as ending the turmoil in the Middle East. On the other hand if the hard-liners in the US, Iran and the Sunni world have their way, then road blocks could appear on the ancient silk road that connects the Mediterranean to the Pacific. The Daily Mail reports: Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrived in Vienna, headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. body expected to issue a report triggering the lifting [...]