Iran and the United States have held a declared adversarial posture since relations were severed in 1980. It became open armed conflict on 28 February 2026, when a United States and Israeli strike campaign opened. The structure long predates the war it now contains.
Eine symmetrische Vereinbarung: Sie liest sich von beiden Seiten gleich. Einmal verfasst, in einem Eintrag.
Die Vereinbarung
- Status
- AktivIn Kraft und in Anwendung. Sagt nichts darüber aus, wie gut es funktioniert oder in welche Richtung es sich bewegt.Letzte wesentliche Änderung: 2026-02-28.
- Was sie umfasst
- VerteidigungDiplomatischKategorien, die die Vereinbarung nachweislich umfasst. Kein Maß: Eine Beziehung, die mehr davon umfasst, ist ausführlicher beschrieben, nicht gefestigter.
Zusammenfassung
This record describes the standing relationship, not the current campaign. Diplomatic relations were severed in 1980 and have not been restored, and both states have maintained an openly adversarial posture toward each other since. On 28 February 2026 that relationship entered open armed conflict: by 25 March the Congressional Research Service recorded more than ten thousand targets struck in Iran, and Iran had fired thousands of drones and missiles across the region. A memorandum of understanding signed on 17 June 2026 produced a sixty-day pause that broke down within three weeks and expired unextended on 17 August. At the research cutoff no agreement was in force. The type carries one value by design: Vigil does not grade how adversarial a relationship is.
Warum es wichtig ist
Almost every other relationship in this module is positioned relative to this one — the Gulf basing arrangements, the sanctions architecture, the mediation channels and the divergence among the Gulf states themselves. It is the axis the regional system is currently organised around, which is precisely why it is recorded as a durable structure rather than as a description of the fighting.
Abkommen
- Memorandum of understanding on the Strait of Hormuz and a negotiating period · unterzeichnet 2026-06-17 · ended 2026-08-17
Signed by the Iranian President and the United States President; Pakistan hosted and mediated. Established a sixty-day negotiating window and, on the Iranian side, an undertaking to use best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels without charge for sixty days only. It was declared over by the United States President on 7 July 2026 and expired unextended on 17 August. The parties' own term is "memorandum of understanding" — it is not styled a ceasefire, an armistice or a peace agreement, and Vigil does not relabel it. Its fourteen points have not been read in an official text and are not authored.
Verwandte Ereignisse
- Angriffe der Vereinigten Staaten und Israels auf den Iran eröffnen den Krieg 28. Feb. 2026
Military · Weapons deliveries
- Die Vereinigten Staaten und Iran unterzeichnen eine Absichtserklärung 17. Juni 2026
Diplomatic · Maritime
- Der Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten erklärt das Memorandum für beendet 7. Juli 2026
Diplomatic · Maritime
- Das Memorandum of Understanding läuft ohne Verlängerung aus 17. Aug. 2026
Diplomatisch
Organisationen
Strukturen, über die diese Beziehung wirkt. Keine Parteien der Beziehung — die Parteien sind die beiden Akteure oben.
Was unbekannt bleibt
- The memorandum's operative points are known only through reporting. No official text has been read, and the point-by-point content is not authored.
- Casualty and damage figures claimed by either party are not treated as established. Where this module carries them, the claimant is named.
Watch-Fragen, für die diese Beziehung relevant ist
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