From JCPOA exit to the 2026 deal: How US-Iran ties soured under Trump
Summary
The United States and Iran are preparing to sign a preliminary agreement to start peace talks and reopen traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, mediated by Pakistan. Relations have been tense since President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, leading to increased sanctions and demands on Iran.Key Facts
- The US and Iran will sign an initial agreement in Geneva to begin 60 days of negotiations and resume traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Pakistan is mediating the peace talks and will host the signing in Switzerland.
- President Trump emphasizes that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is the main US goal.
- Trump withdrew the US from the JCPOA in May 2018, a deal originally made in 2015 to limit Iran’s nuclear program.
- The JCPOA had allowed Iran to enrich uranium only to levels safe for energy and not weapons.
- Withdrawals led to new US demands for Iran to abandon its nuclear program, ballistic missiles, and proxy wars, which Iran rejected.
- The US imposed several rounds of economic sanctions on Iran’s various sectors starting in August 2018.
- In April 2019, Trump designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
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