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. Special Thanks to Julian Huguet for hosting TestTube! Watch Julian on The Science of Happiness on SoulPancake: http://bit.ly/ScienceofHappiness Learn More: 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." Watch More: ISIS Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS0CO0PT_kEKkd3Q9grmgsWqj3xRhYcMz Who Are the Kurds and What Do They Want in Iraq? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv5-q_9fpro _________________________ TestTube's new daily show is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: http://testtube.com/testtubedailyshow/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter https://twitter.com/TestTube Tara Long on Twitter https://twitter.com/TaraLongest Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! http://testu.be/1ndmmMq

• published: 03 Oct 2014
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