Iran had completely withdrawn from JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) nuclear deal.
The announcement came after the US troops killed General Qassem Soleimani.
The Iran nuclear deal also called as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed between Iran and the P5 plus Germany and the EU in 2015.
P5 is the five permanent members of the UNSC (US, China, France, Russia, and UK).
The deal restricts Iran’s nuclear programme, in return for lifting most economic sanctions against it.
Implications for India:
Iran is presently India’s third biggest supplier (after Iraq and Saudi Arabia) of oil, and any increase in prices will hit both inflation levels as well as the Indian rupee.
It would impact the development of Chahbahar port.