The U.S. and
Iran have a long history of aggression and deceit, but both countries desire to take down
ISIS in
Iraq and
Syria. Can they mend their strained relationship to team up and defeat ISIS? To find out, we take a deeper look into the origins of their tension and distrust.
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Iran: A
Country Study
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/pdf/CS_Iran
.pdf
The National Security Archive:
CIA Confirms
Role in
1953 Iran
Coup
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB435/
"Marking the sixtieth anniversary of the overthrow of
Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, the
National Security Archive is today posting recently declassified CIA documents on the
United States' role in the controversial operation."
Jan. 20,
1981 | Iran Releases
American Hostages as
Reagan Takes Office
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/
2012/01/20/jan-20-1981-iran-releases-american-hostages-as-reagan-takes-office/
"On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52
Americans who had been held hostage for
444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from
Jimmy Carter to
Ronald Reagan. The hostages were placed on a plane in
Tehran as Reagan delivered his inaugural address."
U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian:
The Iranian Hostage Crisis
https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/iraniancrises
"
Representing the United States abroad has been a dangerous job since the beginning of the
Republic, but that was never truer than during the
Carter Administration. In the wake of a successful revolution by
Islamic fundamentalists against the pro-American
Shah of Iran, the United States became an object of virulent criticism and the
U.S. Embassy in Tehran was a visible target."
Kerry 'Respectfully Calls' on Iran to
Release U.S. Hostages
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/kerry-respectfully-calls-iran-release-detained-us-citizens_804039
.html
"
John Kerry chose the third anniversary of
U.S. citizen Amir Hekmati's "detention on false espionage charges" during a visit with his family in Iran in
2011 to "respectfully" call on the government of Iran to release Hekmati and several other
U.S. citizens held or missing in that country."
Obama Order Sped Up
Wave of Cyberattacks
Against Iran
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/world/middleeast/obama-ordered-wave-of-cyberattacks-against-iran.html?pagewanted=all
"From his first months in office,
President Obamasecretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding
America's first sustained use of cyberweapons, according to participants in the program."
Spy Games in Iran
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070102231.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
"In the new cold war between America and Iran, the United States appears to be running some limited covert operations across the
Iranian border. But according to knowledgeable sources, this effort shares the defect of broader
U.S. policy toward Iran -- it is tentative and ill-coordinated, and it undermines diplomacy without bringing serious pressure on the regime."
Preparing the
Battlefield
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/07/07/preparing-the-battlefield?currentPage=all
"
Late last year,
Congress agreed to a request from
President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. "
United Against Nuclear Iran
http://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/terrorism
"The U.S. government classifies the
Islamic Republic of Iran as the "most active state sponsor of terrorism." The U.S. has designated Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism since
1984."
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- published: 03 Oct 2014
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