US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare

With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the ...
The American Prospect

A Brief History of America’s Involvement in Iran

Why did President Donald Trump launch Operation Epic Fury? He’s provided a stream of reasons: forcing regime change; destroying Iran’s missile capabilities (to eliminate what he called “imminent ...
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The history of Iran: Every year

Explore the comprehensive history of Iran from 600 BCE to 2020. The video covers key periods, including: - Ancient era - ...
The Independent

I’ve studied Iran for 50 years. Here’s how its friendship with the US fell apart

The British and American-backed plot to overthrow Iran’s prime minister in 1953 laid the groundwork for the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and decades of hostility with the U.S. that have now culminated in ...
WWNO

Looking to the history of U.S.-Iran relations to understand the future

In many ways, the conflict between Iran and the U.S. and Israel has been decades in the making. RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, BYLINE: Like many of you, we've been watching the recent tensions between the U.S. and ...
The Conversation

Iran’s long history of revolution, defiance and outside interference – and why its future is so uncertain

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone beyond his initial aim of destroying Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons. He has called on the Iranian people to rise up against their ...
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Inside Iran’s long history of attacks on US: A timeline

(NewsNation) — Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the clerical regime in Tehran and its proxies, first led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei and then Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have committed a range of ...