Meathead
Diamond Member
Doubtless they're emboldened now that Biden is supposed to be POTUS.President Obama worked with UK, France, Germany, Russia and China to negotiate with Iran and get them to destroy existing stockpiles of enriched Uranium and agree to international inspections in return for lifting of sanctions and return of frozen funds.
International inspections revealed Iran was in compliance with the agreement.
Then the US elected Donald J Trump. Trump destroyed the deal and reinstated sanctions.
As expected, Iran’s response was to restart their nuclear program
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Iran ramps up uranium enrichment and seizes tanker as tensions rise with US | CNN
Iran announced Monday that it had resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, far beyond the limits laid out in the 2015 nuclear deal, in a move likely to further escalate tensions with the United States.www.cnn.com