Reaction To Iran Nuclear Deal Decidedly Mixed In Middle East05:49
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July 16, 2015

A group of jubilant Iranians cheer and spray artificial snow during street celebrations following a landmark nuclear deal, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. After long, fractious negotiations, world powers and Iran struck an historic deal Tuesday to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions - an agreement aimed at averting the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran and another U.S. military intervention in the Middle East. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

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As President Obama continues to try to sell the nuclear deal with Iran here at home, reaction is similarly divided in the Middle East.

Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti talks to Rami Khouri, editor at large and syndicated columnist for Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper and a senior public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut, about how news of the deal is reverberating in the region.

Guest

Rami Khouri, editor at large and syndicated columnist for Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper and a senior public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut. He tweets @RamiKhouri.

This segment aired on July 16, 2015.