President Trump has ridiculed President Barack Obama and the agreement, which he withdrew from during his first term. His critics say he could have avoided a war had he left it in place.

The U.S. Director of the National Intelligence contradicted one of Trump's key justifications for going to war against Iran.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that “very detailed” measures to verify Iran’s nuclear activities must be included in a potential U.S.-Iran agreement to end their war in the Middle East.

In recent days, Iran targeted Israel’s nuclear facility in the southern town of Dimona, injuring more than 100 people. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called for restraint to avoid a “nuclear accident”. There is much evidence to support the existence of Israel’s arsenal.

The IDF says it struck Iran's Arak heavy water plant, a key plutonium site, as experts warn Natanz and Isfahan still hold highly enriched uranium.

As rain poured on the northern provinces of Iran in late March, a somber crowd snaked through the mountain ranges of Asara carrying the coffin of Mohammad Reza Kia. The city of just a few thousand people was draped in banners now hailing the young nuclear scientist as a “martyr of the imposed war.