Blog Post 3.1 -- Tensions with Iran
1. Why was General Soleimani an important target for the airstrike?
General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region. He was a big figure in Iran.
2. How did the Department of Defense (the Pentagon) justify this attack?
The Pentagon said that General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more.
3. How have Iran's leaders responded to the US attack?
They have vowed revenge.
4. How has President Trump responded to Iran's promises of "revenge"?
He has threatened back and been unapologetic.
5. Why have some said that Trump's response would be considered a war crime?
Because targeting cultural sites is a war crime.
6. What impact has this attack on Iran's leadership had on normal Iranian people?
They are mourning and trying to change the state of leadership in Iran.
7. How has the government of Iraq responded to the US attacks on Iranian leadership?
The have ordered US troops to leave Iraq and heightened tensions.
8. What was the 2015 Nuclear deal between Iran and the Obama Administration?
The Obama-era deal between the US, Iran, Britain, France, Russia, China, Germany and the European Union put tight restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program and in return, eased some international sanctions against the country.
9. What did President Trump do to the Iranian government because he disagreed with the deal?
Trump argued that the deal was ineffective — and despite US allies’ insistence that Iran was keeping up its part of the deal, he withdrew the US from the agreement in 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Iran’s oil sector.
10. Which parts of the deal does Iran say it will stop following?
The Iranian government made it clear it planned to stop adhering to some elements of the nuclear deal by stockpiling more low-enriched uranium than the agreement allows.
11. Which parts of the deal does Iran say it will continue to follow?
Iran will continue to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the international nuclear watchdog organization, to review its nuclear research, and would be willing to rejoin the agreement if sanctions against it are removed.
General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region. He was a big figure in Iran.
2. How did the Department of Defense (the Pentagon) justify this attack?
The Pentagon said that General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more.
3. How have Iran's leaders responded to the US attack?
They have vowed revenge.
4. How has President Trump responded to Iran's promises of "revenge"?
He has threatened back and been unapologetic.
5. Why have some said that Trump's response would be considered a war crime?
Because targeting cultural sites is a war crime.
6. What impact has this attack on Iran's leadership had on normal Iranian people?
They are mourning and trying to change the state of leadership in Iran.
7. How has the government of Iraq responded to the US attacks on Iranian leadership?
The have ordered US troops to leave Iraq and heightened tensions.
8. What was the 2015 Nuclear deal between Iran and the Obama Administration?
The Obama-era deal between the US, Iran, Britain, France, Russia, China, Germany and the European Union put tight restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program and in return, eased some international sanctions against the country.
9. What did President Trump do to the Iranian government because he disagreed with the deal?
Trump argued that the deal was ineffective — and despite US allies’ insistence that Iran was keeping up its part of the deal, he withdrew the US from the agreement in 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Iran’s oil sector.
10. Which parts of the deal does Iran say it will stop following?
The Iranian government made it clear it planned to stop adhering to some elements of the nuclear deal by stockpiling more low-enriched uranium than the agreement allows.
11. Which parts of the deal does Iran say it will continue to follow?
Iran will continue to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the international nuclear watchdog organization, to review its nuclear research, and would be willing to rejoin the agreement if sanctions against it are removed.
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