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Long, fraught timeline of tensions over Iran nuclear program

FILE - This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's Natanz nuclear site, as well as ongoing construction to expand the facility in a nearby mountain, near Natanz, Iran, May 9, 2022. Iran started removing 27 surveillance cameras from nuclear sites across the country, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Thursday, June 9, 2022, further blinding the agency's inspectors from being able to track Tehran's uranium enrichment that is now closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog also said Iran plans to install two new cascades of advanced centrifuges at Natanz that will allow Tehran to rapidly enrich more uranium. (Planet Labs PBC via AP, File) FILE - This image taken from video footage aired by Iranian state television March 8, 2022, shows the launch of a rocket by Iran's Revolutionary Guard carrying a Noor-2 reconnaissance satellite in the northeastern Shahroud Desert of Iran as U.S. intelligence agencies warn Tehran could seek 90% enrichment if negotiations to restore Iran’s nuclear deal fail. (Iranian state television via AP, File) FILE - International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, left, and Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian shake hands prior to their meeting, in Tehran, March 5, 2022. Nuclear talks in Vienna break off without an agreement March 12 due to Russia's demand for guarantees that its ties with Tehran be exempt from Western sanctions over Ukraine. (AP Photo) FILE - President Donald Trump delivers a statement saying the U.S. is withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, May 8, 2018, in Washington. Trump said he’ll get better terms in new negotiations to stop Iran’s missile development and support for regional militias. Those talks don't happen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) FILE - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, from left, pose for a group photo following talks with Iran on their nuclear program in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. World powers and Iran announce a long-term, comprehensive nuclear agreement. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File) FILE - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, during official talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 30, 2015. A framework nuclear deal is announced in April 2015 — after months of negotiations, outlining long-term restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program and the removal of many international sanctions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File) FILE - The United Nations Security Council unanimously votes Dec. 23, 2006 at U.N. headquarters to approve a resolution imposing sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, culminating two months of negotiations aimed at pressuring Tehran to clarify its nuclear ambitions. Five more Security Council resolutions followed by 2010, tightening sanctions on the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) FILE - Iranian President, Mohammad Khatami, right, looks at a graphic display, during his visit to the Natanz uranium enrichment facilities, some 200 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2005. In August 2002 western intelligence services and an Iranian opposition group revealed Iran’s secret Natanz nuclear enrichment facility. Iran’s atomic program first came to the country under American aspirations of peaceful energy but later found itself the target of Western fears over the Islamic Republic’s intentions. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) FILE - Ayatollah Khomeini speaks to followers at Behesht Zahra Cemetery after his arrival in Tehran, Iran, ending 14 years of exile, Feb. 1, 1979. The Islamic Revolution brought Khomeini to power and students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, beginning the 444-day hostage crisis. Iran’s atomic program first came to the country under American aspirations of peaceful energy but later found itself the target of Western fears over the Islamic Republic’s intentions. (AP Photo/FY) FILE - Demonstrators shout anti-American slogans outside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Nov. 27, 1979. In 1979 the shah, fatally ill, flees Iran amid rising popular protests against him. Iran’s atomic program first came to the country under American aspirations of peaceful energy but later found itself the target of Western fears over the Islamic Republic’s intentions. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sayad, File) FILE - Shah of Persia Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Empress Soraya of Persia left Tehran by air, December 5, 1954 on a two-month private visit to USA for rest and medical treatment. In 1957, under the Shah, Tehran signed a civilian nuclear cooperation arrangement with its ally, the United States. Iran’s atomic program first came to the country under American aspirations of peaceful energy but later found itself the target of Western fears over the Islamic Republic’s intentions. (AP Photo) FILE-- Bushehr atomic power plant is seen Feb. 19, 1985. In 1975 the German firm Kraftwerk Union began construction of the Busher nuclear power plant as part of $4.8 billion deal for four reactors. Iran’s atomic program first came to the country under American aspirations of peaceful energy but later found itself the target of Western fears over the Islamic Republic’s intentions. (AP Photo, File)
Long, fraught timeline of tensions over Iran nuclear program