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Today that begins with Iran and the United States. Two countries that are trying to ratchet up pressure on each other.

On Wednesday, Iran announced that it would partially¹ pull out of an international nuclear deal from 2015. That deal was made between Iran and six other countries, led by Americas Obama administration. Last year, the Trump² administration announced the U.S. would leave the agreement.

And yesterday, exactly a year later, Iran said it would reduce what it called its commitments to the deal but not fully³ leave it. Specifically the Middle Eastern country says it plans to hold on to some components⁴ of its controversial nuclear program. That's instead of selling them to other nations as Iran agreed to do under the deal.

What the 2015 agreement intended to do was limit Iran's nuclear program and allow inspectors⁵ to make sure Iran was doing that. I?n exchange, the U.S. and other countries would lift their sanctions on Iran, allowing tens of billions of dollars to flow into its economy.

Today, the Trump administration wants to get Iran to negotiate a deal that American officials say is more favorable to the U.S. And until Iran does that, the White House plans to continue applying pressure that it says could cripple Iran's economy. After Iran's announcement that it would back away from some terms of the nuclear deal, the Trump administration announced new penalties that aim to limit Iran's sales of steel, aluminum⁶, and cooper; a major source of international revenue for the nation.

Analyst⁷ say both the U.S. and Iran are doing all of this to try to get the international community to pick sides. The U.S. wants other countries to join it in leaving the nuclear deal and pressuring Iran to change its behavior. Iran wants other countries to join it in defying the U.S. and preserving the nuclear deal.

1 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

2 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。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

4 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

5 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》

6 aluminum   

n.(aluminium)铝

参考例句：

• The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
• During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段，它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。

7 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。