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Timeline: US-Iran Tensions Rise Division
Recent Key Events in US-Iran Relations
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* JCPOA: “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”
Source: Investment Strategy Group, White House, US Treasury, New York Times, Bloomberg, Wail Street Journal.
JCPOA* finalized between Iran and P5+1
President Trump de-certifies compliance of Iran with JCPOA
President Trump withdraws from the nuclear agreement
Reimposition of sanctions on Iran (precious metals, currency, sovereign debt) Sanctions imposed on Iranian petroleum, shipping sector, energy sector, etc. Six-month waivers issued to eight countries that purchase Iranian oil
US announces it will designate the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization
Waivers for Iranian oil purchases not renewed
US intelligence suggests mobilization of Iranian forces, including photos showing IRGC loading
missiles onto ships
Bolton announces US to deploy carrier strike group and bomber task force to the Persian Gulf, promising "any attack on US interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force” including attacks "by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces”
Iran announces it will end compliance with parts of the JCPOA, including uranium enrichment
US imposes sanctions on Iranian industrial metals sector
Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan presents updated military plan to send up to 120 thousand
troops to the Middle East if Iran attacks US forces or accelerates work on nuclear weapons 3-4 oil tankers reportedly damaged in a "sabotage" attack off the coast of the UAE
Houthi drones attack Saudi cross-country oil pipeline
US withdraws embassy staff from lraq
A rocket is fired into Baghdad's Green Zone near the US embassy
A Houthi drone attacks an arms depot at the Najran airport in southern Saudi Arabia
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