Why does the US have problems with Iran?

The United States attributes the worsening of relations to the 1979–81 Iran hostage crisis, Iran’s repeated human rights abuses since the Islamic Revolution, its growing influence in the Middle East and its nuclear program. Since 1995, the United States has had an embargo on trade with Iran.

Does Iran have an atomic bomb?

Iran is not known to currently possess weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and has signed treaties repudiating the possession of WMDs including the Biological Weapons Convention, the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Is the Iraq war still on?

The main phase of the conflict ended following the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the country in 2017 but a low-level ISIL insurgency is ongoing in the rural north parts of the country.

How many Chinese live in Iran?

Chinese people in Iran form one of the smaller groups of overseas Chinese; Iran’s total Chinese population is estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000 people.

What is the relationship between Russia and Iran?

Iran and Russia are strategic allies and form an axis in the Caucasus alongside Armenia. Iran and Russia are also military allies in the conflicts in Syria and Iraq and partners in Afghanistan and post-Soviet Central Asia.

What happened to Iran’s Internet?

Iran disconnected much of its government infrastructure from the internet after the Stuxnet computer virus-widely believed to be a joint U.S.-Israeli creation-disrupted Iranian centrifuges in the country’s nuclear sites in the late 2000s.

What’s happening in Iran?

In October, an assault on Iran’s fuel distribution system paralyzed gas stations nationwide, leading to long lines of angry motorists stranded in long lines and unable to get subsidized fuel for days. In July, a cyberattack on Iran’s railway system caused chaos and train delays.

What’s new at Iran’s Natanz nuclear plant?

VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran’s new workshop at Natanz for making parts for centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium, has been set up in one of the halls of the underground Fuel Enrichment Plant there, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Thursday.

What is Iran’s new workshop at Natanz?

VIENNA, April 28 (Reuters) – Iran’s new workshop at Natanz for making parts for centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium, has been set up in one of the halls of the underground Fuel Enrichment Plant there, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Thursday.