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USSR threatened to get rid of Brtian&Iran agreement
USSR threatened to abrogate agreement with britain and iran toremove their large troops presence from Irans northern province withing 6 months of thecessation of hostilities. Joseph Stalin planned to solidify Soviet influence in the southern Caucasus region. He was faced withsuprising resistance from president Truman. Stalin decided to withdraw from the country. These actions made bythe US were seen as respect for the rights of sovereign states. -
Irans opions changed about the US
Irans prime minister nationalized the countries potroleum industry. This put the 2 governments against each other in a political fight. The US was put in the middle . Based off of the cold war results Eisenhower authorized an operation to oust Mosaddaeq before Moscow might have the opportuinity to do so. -
The Coup
American and British intelligence angencies owerthrew Muhammad Mussadeq, Iranian Prime Minister. -
Flexible Responce
Finding means of warfare that were not nuclear. This made it so that all the countries around the world were not affected and it was a smarter way to go about this -
Hostage Crisis
iranian students strom the united states embassy in Tehran. They were heald for 444 days. Needles to say the united states cut all Diplomatic relations with Iran. -
Dual Containment
A U.S. foreign policy aimed towards containing Irag and Iran. Isreal's and The United States 2 most important strategic adversaried in the middle east. -
pentagon issues a uclear posture reveiw
it reiterated the focus of the US strategic nuclear forces on the counterforce. -
1,000 Centrifuges
Americans announced that 1,000 centrifuges would stay. They also said that there could be not be any materials of a nuclear weapon. An agreement was made that Tehran was to slash the stock pile of nuclear materials and limit its enrichment activities. -
nuclear deal depends on lifting of sanctions
Iran would only accept a deal over its contested nuclear program if world powers simultaneously lifted all sanctions imposed on it. U.S. President Barack Obama was forced to give Congress a say in any future accord which included the right of lawmakers to veto the lifting of sanctions imposed by the U.S.
