On January 7, Iran responded to the death of IRGC-QF Major General Qassim Soleimani by launching nearly two dozen ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases where American troops are stationed| The Soufan Center
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on U.S. television during the late September 2018 meetings at the U.N. General Assembly that Iran will, for now, remain in the 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA)| The Soufan Center
The roots of the recent U.S.-Iran tensions are the Trump administration’s May 2018 decision to withdraw the United States from the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal with Iran (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA)| The Soufan Center
At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, the host of the August G-7 meeting, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived at the margins of the meeting in Biarritz and held meetings with Macron, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and British and German diplomats| The Soufan Center