Until World War II, relations between Iran and the United States remained cordial. As a result, many Iranians sympathetic to the Persian Constitutional Revolution came to view the US as a "third force" in their struggle to expel British and Russian dominance in Persian affairs.

Jan 11, 2020 · Tensions between the US and Iran hit a boiling point this month, but they’ve been simmering for decades. Long before Washington killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and Tehran responded...

Dec 9, 2024 · In response, the United States ordered airstrikes on two Iran-backed facilities on October 26 and eighty-five more Iran-affiliated targets in the two countries on February 2, 2024.

Dec 24, 2024 · After the hostage crisis, the U.S. supported – to a degree – Saddam Hussein, who invaded Iran and participated in the Iran-Iraq War that killed an estimated 500,000 to one million people. The Iran-Iraq war solidified the tension between the U.S. and Iran.

Apr 5, 2024 · The US has warned Iran not to use the Israeli strike in Damascus as “a pretext to attack US personnel and facilities,” a State Department spokesperson told CNN Friday.

Onetime allies, the United States and Iran have seen tensions escalate repeatedly in the four decades since the Islamic Revolution.

Jan 30, 2024 · Both the U.S. and Iran say they don’t want an all-out war. But after months of attacks and spiraling tensions in the Middle East — culminating in the killing of three American soldiers in a...

Feb 3, 2024 · In the hours before the United States carried out strikes against Iran-backed militants on Friday, Washington hit Tehran with more familiar weapons: sanctions and criminal charges.

Jan 6, 2020 · From the CIA-orchestrated overthrow of Iran's prime minister in 1953, to tension and confrontation under President Trump, a look back over more than 65 years of tricky relations between Iran...

Feb 3, 2024 · The airstrikes launched by the United States in Iraq and Syria are its biggest attacks against Iran-backed militants in the Middle East, but President Biden sought to avoid escalation into...