It has coped with the international community’s increasingly stifling sanctions, while maintaining its nuclear program and continuing to participate in the diplomatic process with the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany). Iran has strengthened its influence in Iraq, and has helped to keep the Assad regime, a key ally, in power much longer than expected.
相邻的伊朗可谓典范式幸存者。它应付着国际社会越来越令人窒息的制裁，与此同时还维持着核计划，并继续参与与P5+1（五大联合国安理会常任理事国加上德国）的外交程序。伊朗强化了其在伊拉克的影响力，帮助关键盟友巴沙尔维持着政权（远远超出了人们预期的坚持时间）。