US air raid struck and killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force. US alleged that General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region. Iran vowed harsh retaliation and launched a series of missile attacks on two Iraqi bases housing US troops Iran abandoned nuclear deal limits prescribed under Joint Comprehensive plan of Action (JCPOA). 2015 JCPOA or Iran nuclear deal, between Iran and the P5+1 group — U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China and Germany — on Tehran’s nuclear programme to stop Iran from producing its own nuclear weapons, and set up a framework limiting the amount and degree to which Iran was allowed to enrich uranium 2018 USA unilaterally announced to decertify the nuclear deal on account of non-compliance by Iran and announced two rounds of economic sanction on it. Global Implications Threat of emergence of new proxy wars and escalation of ongoing conflicts destabilize the...