Trump may get birthday gift of an Iran deal, but the party may be messy and short-lived

The announcement of an impending Iran-deal" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="133298" data-entity-type="topic">Iran deal could not have been a better birthday gift for President Donald Trump – but celebrations could be short-lived if fragile details of the agreement fail to hold.Obstacles will not be easy to overcome, Chinese observers say. Any lasting framework must navigate uncertainties around the fate of Iran’s nuclear programme under its new regime, the mechanisms of sanction relief for Tehran and a rattled Israel, which has vowed to remove what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as “existential threats”.Still, Trump, who celebrated his 80th birthday on Sunday, can be considered a winner, according to Pan Guang, a senior researcher at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and a prominent expert on Middle Eastern affairs in China.