Timeline of Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran
Pre-Nuclear Agreement
- Developing a Nuclear Program
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Iran’s Main Nuclear Facilities
- Iran Admits Deception
- Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress Regarding Iran (March 3, 2015)
- Interim Deal Struck
- Renewed Distrust
- A Second Extension
- Nitro Zeus: A Secret U.S. Plan for Cyberattack on Iran
Nuclear Deal Signed
- Framework For a Deal
- Fact Sheets: “Framework Agreement” with Iran
- Cheating and Skepticism
- The Final Deal
- The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) [Full Text]
- Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (May 22, 2015)
- Speech at American University Regarding the Iran Nuclear Agreement (August 5, 2015)
- Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) Takes Effect (June 16, 2015)
- What You Need To Know About The JCPOA
- Sunset Clauses
- Release of Hostages
- Implementation
- Iran Nuclear Deal: Iran Opens For Business
- Critiques of the JCPOA Implementation
Trump Withdraws From Deal
- Trump Adopts New Iran Policy
- Trump Withdraws from the Iran Nuclear Deal
- America’s 12 Demands on Iran for Lifting Sanctions
- U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran
- Iran’s Nuclear Archive
- Europe Tries To Keep Agreement Alive
- Advancing the U.S. Maximum Pressure Campaign On Iran
- Sanctions On Iran Provoke Fears About Oil Prices
- Trump Administration Sanctions’ Impact on Iran
Biden Plans New Course
- American Opinion Toward the 2015 Iran Deal and Aftermath
- Adherence To And Compliance With Arms Control, Nonproliferation,
And Disarmament Agreements And Commitments (April 2022) - Arab/Muslim World Opinion of Iran
- Biden and Iran Sanctions
- Could U.S. Rejoin the Nuclear Deal?
- Iranian Ballistic Missile and Space Program
- Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Capability and Terrorism Monitoring Act of 2022 (June 2023)
- Iran’s Sponsorship of Terror
- Joint Statement by the US, France, Germany, and the UK on Iranian Defiance of IAEA
- Military Options Against Iran
- Secret CIA Document Reveals Agency Unsure of Israeli Intentions Toward Iran (February 23, 2023)
- Public Opinion in Iran
- Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Capability and Terrorism Monitoring Act of 2022 (July 2024)
Trump 2.0
- Return to Maximum Pressure on Iran
- Iran Continues to Advance Nuclear Program
- Iran Talks Resume
- American Strikes Iran: Operation Midnight Hammer (June 21-22, 2025)
- Israel Strikes Iran: Operation Rising Lion (June 12-24, 2025)
- UK Research Briefing - Israel-Iran 2025: Developments in Iran’s nuclear programme and military action (June 17, 2025)
- Report to Congress on Iran’s Ballistic Missile Programs (June 18, 2025)
- Statement from Director John Ratcliffe about Intelligence on Iran’s Nuclear Program (June 25, 2025)
- E3 Joint Statement on Iran: Initiation of the Snapback Process (August 28, 2025)
- UN Security Council Resolution 584: Triggering “Snapback” to Reinstate Sanctions on Iran (September 19, 2025)
- Disruptions to Iran’s Nuclear Program (2002 - Present)