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CARL AZUZ: The United States is turning up the heat on Iran. And the Middle Eastern nation is responding with defiance¹. This is over an international nuclear deal that was reached in 2015. It was made between Iran and six other countries, led by the US under the Obama administration. Iran agreed to limit its controversial nuclear program, at least temporarily, and allow international inspectors² to make sure the country was doing it. In exchange, the US along with China, the European Union, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom — they all agreed to remove penalties on Iran that were hurting the nation's economy.

Supporters of the deal say it helped prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Critics say it didn't go far enough in doing that, and that it didn't address other actions of the Middle Eastern nation, like its growing missile program.

US President Donald Trump³, who's repeatedly called the agreement the worst deal ever, has put America's penalties on Iran back in place. The latest action on that was taken Monday. The new sanctions, the penalties, are expected to hurt Iran's economy and its important oil industry. And the Trump administration says the goal is to stop Iran from taking actions that the US blames for destabilizing the Middle East.

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani says his nation will, quote, "proudly break the unjust sanctions." He called the US action bullying⁴, and said it would hurt ordinary people.

Most of the other nations involved in the 2015 deal look like they're going to stick with it. The European countries say it's working, and that it's important for global security.

The White House says more sanctions on Iran are possible in the days ahead.

1 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

2 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 bullying   

v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈

参考例句：

• Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
• All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》