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Trump withdraws the United States from the nuclear deal

On 8 May 2018, Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the JCPOA and the restoration of American sanctions on Iran.

The US president considered the agreement insufficient to protect his country’s interests. Other participants did not withdraw at the same time, so the American decision must not be described as a collective termination.

The rupture undermined Tehran’s expected economic benefits. The chronology must distinguish the US withdrawal in 2018 from Iran’s subsequent reductions in its nuclear commitments.

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