May 8, 2018
Trump's 2018 Iran deal withdrawal led to current nuclear crisis
How killing diplomacy created the crisis Trump now "solves" with bombs
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President Donald Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on May 8, 2018, calling the deal “a giant fiction” and reimposing all nuclear-related sanctions (Wikipedia JCPOA; ABC News Analysis)
The International Atomic Energy Agency verified Iran’s full compliance with JCPOA limits through May 2018, with no enrichment above 3.67% or covert weapons activities reported (Wikipedia JCPOA; Arms Control Center)
By 2024, Iran reduced its nuclear breakout time from over one year under the JCPOA to approximately 3–4 months by expanding centrifuge operations and increasing its uranium stockpile (Arms Control Center; ABC News Analysis)
Iran’s oil exports plunged from over 2.5 million barrels per day before May 2018 to under 500,000 bpd by 2019 as a direct result of the “maximum pressure” sanctions campaign (Responsible Statecraft; Wikipedia JCPOA)
France, Germany, and the United Kingdom established the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) to facilitate humanitarian trade with Iran while avoiding U.S. secondary sanctions (Wikipedia JCPOA; Responsible Statecraft)
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What did Trump call the JCPOA in his withdrawal announcement?
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What did President Trump announce on May 8, 2018 regarding the Iran nuclear deal?
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What happened at the Natanz nuclear facility in April 2021?
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According to the IAEA, Iran was complying with the JCPOA when Trump withdrew.
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China and Russia continued supporting the JCPOA after U.S. withdrawal.
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President Donald Trump
withdrew the United States from the JCPOA on May 8, 2018, and reimposed comprehensive nuclear sanctions (Wikipedia JCPOA)
Benjamin Netanyahu
presented intelligence on Iran’s pre-2003 weapons research that Trump cited as “definitive proof” in the withdrawal announcement (Wikipedia JCPOA)
John Bolton
as National Security Advisor from Apr. 2018, championed U.S. exit from the Iran nuclear deal (Wikipedia JCPOA)