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zzzeek parent
this is a misunderstanding of the full context. The US abandoned the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 under Trump's order to withdraw from the agreement (which was, IMO, strictly part of his package to ruin the legacy of Obama, who he despises deeply). This essentially killed the primary reason Iran agreed in the first place, which was relief from sanctions. However the agreement remains in force to this day and is still monitored by the IAEA. So it's not very surprising that Iran resumed their enrichment activities [1] and Trump's actions in 2018 has led to vastly higher tensions between the US/Iran/Israel.

It is well established by the IAEA itself that Iran fully honored the terms of the JCPOA up until Trump intentionally ruined the agreement by pulling the US out of it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_...

perihelions
That's quite something to read again with the perspective of hindsight. It's highly ironic that the European Commission called the US sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program illegal (and took actions against them); those same ballistic missiles are being used against Europe today, in Ukraine.

That was in 2018; the EU ended up themselves sanctioning Iran for ballistic missiles in 2024,

> "In a statement dated 13 September 2024, the EU strongly condemned the recent transfer of Iranian-made ballistic missiles to Russia, considered as a direct threat to European security [sic!] and as a substantive material escalation from the provision of Iranian UAVs and ammunition, which Russia had used in its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine. The High Representative stated that the EU would respond swiftly and in coordination with international partners, including with new and significant restrictive measures against Iran."

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024...

> "The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on Iran’s deputy defense minister, senior members of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and three airlines over allegations that they supplied drones, missiles and other equipment to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine."

https://apnews.com/article/eu-russia-drones-missiles-iran-sa...

dmurray
It's not that ironic to have the view that a country is entitled to weapons to defend itself, while still complaining later on when they sell them to your enemies. It's just too principled to make sense to Americans.
rstuart4133
Yes, it looks pretty certain to me that Trumps 1st term policy changes are the root cause of this war:

https://theconversation.com/trumps-first-term-lies-at-the-he...

It's entirely in keeping with nature the man that he now claims to be the worlds peace maker.

zzzeek OP
Didnt want to say it in my comment above but I agree and I generally think even Oct 7 hamas attack might not have happened if iran were less isolated

but netanyahu wanted oct 7 to happen pretty badly as it's kept him out of jail for a couple of years now

rstuart4133
Yes, Hamas played right into Netanyahu's hands, gifting him the rational he needed to deal crippling blow to Hamas itself, and inflict untold misery on the Palestinians who elected them. Possibly they did it with Iran's encouragement but in the end, sowing the seeds of Gaza's destruction was their choice to make.

While Trump took the first step down that lead to this path of destruction, but we would not have gotten to where we are now without the enthusiastic help of a cast of cretinous politicians just like him. A pox on all their houses.

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