The United States withdraws from the JCPOA

The US Congress enacted legislation authorizing sanctions on certain foreign investment in Iran’s petroleum sector. The law extended US pressure beyond direct US-Iran commerce and put third-country...

In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush grouped Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as an “axis of evil.” The countries had no unified alliance. The phrase placed Iran inside a US-led...

Following talks with the foreign ministers of Britain, France, and Germany, Iran said it would cooperate fully with the IAEA, sign and provisionally apply the Additional Protocol, and voluntarily...

The Security Council demanded that Iran suspend enrichment-related and reprocessing activities and requested an IAEA report. The resolution passed 14–1; Qatar voted against. It linked verification...

Iran and the E3/EU+3 concluded the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in Vienna on July 14, setting monitored limits on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. On July 20, the...

The United States fully reimposed sanctions previously lifted or waived under the JCPOA, including measures affecting Iranian oil sales and financial institutions. US rules also exposed some foreign...

The Trump administration announced that it would designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization; the designation took effect April 15. This was the first time...

A US drone strike near Baghdad International Airport killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces deputy Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others. Washington said the strike...

Iran and the remaining JCPOA participants began Vienna talks while US representatives participated indirectly through European intermediaries. Iran insisted that US sanctions be lifted before its...

On April 1, a strike destroyed a building in Iran’s diplomatic compound in Damascus and killed senior IRGC officers; Israel neither claimed nor denied responsibility. On April 13 Iran launched...