Iran–United States relations

The European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will travel to Tehran on July 28 following the West's historic nuclear deal with Iran, also going to Saudi Arabia in her first official visit to the two regional powers.

President Hassan Rouhani defended a nuclear deal criticized by Iran's conservatives, arguing July 23 that the agreement reflected the nation's will and was "more valuable" than domestic carping about its details. 

U.S. lawmakers skeptical about the nuclear deal with Iran promised to press senior Obama administration officials to make more information about it public at a Senate hearing on July 23 as Congress begins its two-month review of the agreement.

After years of thorny negotiations, Iran and the P5+1 countries, consisting of five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany, finally reached an agreement on July 14 to control Iranian nuclear enrichment program. 

Saudi Arabia's leaders sought assurances on July 22 that the United States stands firmly against Iranian "interference" in the Middle East, during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.

President Barack Obama denounced "chest-beating" critics and told a veterans group July 21 that those who oppose the diplomatic agreement to rein in Iran's nuclear program are some of the same people who were quick to want to go to war in Iraq and thought military action there would take only a matter of months.

France's foreign minister Laurent Fabius said July 21 he would visit Iran "next week", after the historic deal on its nuclear programme.

A few investors are racing to establish funds for Iran following last week's nuclear deal with world powers, and many others are tapping into multinationals already present in the $400 billion economy.

The agreement has made some seek a foothold in Tehran's $100 billion stock market even before sanctions are lifted, although others are taking a more cautious approach.

The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote for first thing July 20 morning on a resolution endorsing the Iran nuclear deal.

The European Union approved the Iran nuclear deal with world powers on July 20, a first step towards lifting Europe's economic sanctions against Tehran that the bloc hopes will send a signal that the U.S. Congress will follow.