What Happened to America’s War Goals in Iran? Battered Tehran Turns Tables on Washington

Who was forced to make peace: how the US war aims in Iran shifted from eliminating its nuclear capabilities to "opening” the Strait of Hormuz? This is the third part of the "Geopolitics in Simple Terms” series on the US war with Iran and its consequences. Read Part I of the series: America's military machine in Iran war From 'Bad Obama Deal' to Trump's War The history of the current conflict began long before the first missiles were launched. In 2015, the administration of Barack Obama, together with other world powers, concluded a nuclear agreement with Iran — the JCPOA, which restricted Iran's nuclear programme and, in particular, set a uranium-enrichment cap of 3.67%.