--- title: "From JCPOA exit to the 2026 deal: How US-Iran ties soured under Trump" type: "post" post_id: "13761" slug: "from-jcpoa-exit-to-the-2026-deal-how-us-iran-ties-soured-under-trump" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/06/16/from-jcpoa-exit-to-the-2026-deal-how-us-iran-ties-soured-under-trump/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/06/16/from-jcpoa-exit-to-the-2026-deal-how-us-iran-ties-soured-under-trump.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/06/16/from-jcpoa-exit-to-the-2026-deal-how-us-iran-ties-soured-under-trump.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/06/16/from-jcpoa-exit-to-the-2026-deal-how-us-iran-ties-soured-under-trump.txt" published: "2026-06-16T16:59:27+00:00" modified: "2026-06-16T16:59:27+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "US" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- **Deal or no deal?** **What are the terms?** **Trump claims this has been signed, but, the signing is supposed to take place in Switzerland on Friday..** **Sadly, your guess is as good as mine.** [**AlJazeera**](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/16/from-jcpoa-exit-to-the-2026-deal-how-us-iran-ties-soured-under-trump) > **The [United States and Iran](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/6/16/iran-war-live-trump-says-mou-with-tehran-signed-electronically) are set to sign an [initial](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/14/anticipation-pushback-in-iran-as-mediators-work-to-finalise-deal-with-us) agreement in Geneva on Friday** to end the [US-Israel war on Iran](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/6/14/iran-war-live-trump-says-deal-to-be-signed-today-as-tehran-urges-caution), begin a 60-day negotiation process, and resume traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. > > **Pakistan, which has taken the lead in mediating peace talks, will host the signing in Switzerland.** > > **However, neither side has yet published details of the agreement, so it is unclear to what extent Iran and the US have reached agreements on any major issues – or even whether to discuss them in the upcoming talks.** > > While US President Donald Trump has indicated that Iran’s nuclear programme will be part of any final agreement, he has made no mention at all of other previous US demands – such as dismantling Iran’s ballistic missiles programme or ending its support for proxy armed groups in the region. > > “The only thing that really ‌matters to me is Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and it says it ⁠loud and clear,” Trump told reporters at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France on Tuesday. > > **Relations between Washington and Tehran have been fractured and tumultuous since Trump’s first term as US president, when he withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran,** the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). **I wrote about this 2018 withdrawal at my old site, moving the information here in 2024**. > [Flashback 2018: Trump Breaks(P5 +1) Risks Increased Middle East Conflict](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/07/27/flashback-2018-trump-breaksp5-1-risks-increased-middle-east-conflict/) **Trump makes preparations to attack Iran starting years ago. This was a campaign designed to justify an attack on Iran** August 2018: The US imposes new sanctions on Iran ------------------------------------------------- > On August 7, the US imposed its first round of new [sanctions](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/sanctions-iran-snap-tuesday-180804193910915.html) on Iran, which had earlier been lifted as part of the international nuclear deal. The sanctions barred trade with a range of business and production sectors in Iran, from aviation and carpets to pistachios and gold. November 2018: The US imposes more sanctions -------------------------------------------- > On November 5, the US announced a [new round](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/iran-bypass-sanctions-181105052751998.html) of sanctions, this time specifically targeting Iran’s key oil and banking sectors. April 2019: Trump designates the IRGC a ‘foreign terrorist organization’ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > On April 8, Trump [designated](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/designates-iran-elite-irgc-terrorist-organisation-trump-190408141756166.html) Iran’s elite, parallel military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “foreign terrorist organization” (FTO), marking the first time Washington had formally labelled another country’s military a “terrorist” group. **Anyway…. deal or no deal?** ###### [Iran says deal to end war with US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260617/iran-says-deal-to-end-war-with-us-requires-israel-to-withdraw-from-lebanon) > Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement, leading to the resumption of all-out war. **Israel is saying no way to that- through it’s actions as they continue bombing Lebanon today**