; and the permitted Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) enrichment level of 3.67 percent of the Uranium U–235 isotope. (11) Since the full re-imposition of United States nuclear-related sanctions, the Government of Iran has also engaged in a series of escalatory actions outside its nuclear program that have put the United States Armed Forces, diplomats, and strategic partners at risk and have heightened the threat of an armed conflict with Iran, including the following events: (A) May 12–13, 2019, the Department of Defense faulted Iran for an attack on four oil tankers belonging to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Norway. (B) On June 13, 2019, Secretary Mike Pompeo stated that it was the United States assessment that Iran was responsible for the attack on two Saudi oil tankers. (C) On June 20, 2019, the Government of Iran shot down a United States Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Reportedly, President Trump authorized retaliatory strikes against targets in Iran before rescinding the order for fear that the Iranian loss of life in such a strike would be disproportionate . (D) On July 24, 2019, the Government of Iran announced the seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. (E) On September 14, 2019, the United States Government concluded that the Government of Iran was responsible for UAV and cruise missile strikes at Saudi Arabia’s energy infrastructure at Khurais and Abqaiq, which caused significant damage to Saudi Arabia’s oil energy production. (F) On November 19, 2019, the Government of Israel concluded that Iranian forces in Syria fired four rockets intended for the Golan Heights. (12) Following the unauthorized United States strike resulting in the death of General Qassem Soleimani on January 3, 2020, Iran announced as was anticipated that it would no longer be bound by the limits of the JCPOA, while also noting that it would remain as a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968 (NPT), and would fully cooperate with