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8
May
2018

United States withdraws from the JCPOA

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📅 8 May 2018 📍 Iran

The US announced it would cease participation in the 2015 nuclear agreement and reimpose sanctions. The decision weakened the agreement’s economic and diplomatic foundations; Iran remained formally within it for a period and later expanded enrichment after US sanctions returned. The decision is essential background to the nuclear confrontation, but does not by itself explain or justify later attacks.

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Donald Trump

Mohammad Javad Zarif

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United States

Iran

European Union

China

Russia