The White House has extended the state of emergency against Iran every year since 1980.
Donald Trump, the President of the United States, extended Executive Order 12170, which declares a national emergency regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran, for another year. According to a statement published in the official U.S. government publication, the Federal Register, relations between the U.S. and Iran have not yet normalized, and the process of implementing the bilateral agreements dated January 20, 1981, continues.
This order, initially issued by Jimmy Carter 10 days after the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was occupied, has been extended every year since by all U.S. presidents.
Carter declared this order due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States arising from the situation in Iran.
The agreements signed on January 19, 1981, refer to a set of documents known as the Algiers Accords.
These agreements were signed between the Islamic Republic and the United States with the mediation of the Algerian government to end the hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.