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The Obama administration attempted to defuse tensions between the two countries, as it hoped for cooperation with both countries in regards to the Syrian Civil War and military operations against ISIS. [156] Obama also criticized the human rights record of Saudi Arabia, particularly in regards to the imprisonment of Raif Badawi. [157]
Obama signed the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 on July 1, 2010, to expand sanctions on Iran. The restrictions of the new law are so tight that third countries have warned about the interference with their trade. [157] However under Obama, Iran's oil exports have been halved. [158]
According to a study by Harvard Business School, Iran could play a larger role in global energy markets if sanctions are lifted. But IranPoll found that only 47% of Iran’s citizens approve of the nuclear deal, compared to 76% when it was originally introduced. The study also concluded that a revival of the JCPOA could be good for global equities.
Both the U.S. and Iran say they don’t want an all-out war. But after months of attacks and spiraling tensions in the Middle East — culminating in the killing of three American soldiers in a ...
In May 2018, Trump abruptly withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal — an agreement clinched by the Obama administration three years earlier in an effort to contain the country’s nuclear program ...
The U.S. intelligence community believes Iran is not currently seeking a direct war with the U.S. but is looking to ratchet up pressure on Israel and the U.S.
In the final hours of Friday, September 27, 2013, while Hassan Rouhani and the Iranian delegation participating in the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations were about to return to Iran from John F. Kennedy Airport, Hassan Rouhani for the first time in history of the Islamic Republic of Iran spoke directly to US President Barack Obama by telephone while sitting in a limousine heading to ...
Sources said Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards were pulling senior officers out of Syria. Iranian advisers assist armed groups in both Iraq, where the U.S. has around 2,500 troops, and Syria ...