Here's what's in the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran that Trump withdrew from, leading to increased tensions

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• President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal, in May 2018.
• The Iran deal was one of the crowning diplomatic achievement's of former President Barack Obama's tenure, but has continued to be a divisive issue in Washington since it came to fruition in 2015.
• Withdrawing the US from the deal was one of the biggest and most controversial foreign policy decisions Trump has made yet.
• Since Trump withdrew the US from the JCPOA, tensions between the US and Iran have steadily risen and reached a boiling point in recent months
• Iran has taken several major steps away from the nuclear deal since July, exacerbating tensions with the US and Europe.
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President Donald Trump in May 2018 announced the US government is withdrawing from the Iran nuclear agreement, which marked one of the biggest foreign policy decisions he's made since entering the White House. 

Trump's decision was highly controversial, especially given three of America's top allies – France, Germany and the UK – were strongly opposed to this move.  

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