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Relations between Iran and the
United States began in the mid-to-late 19th century, when
Iran was
known to the west as
Qajar Persia.
Persia was very wary...
- The
Iran hostage crisis (Persian: بحران گروگانگیری سفارت آمریکا) was a
terrorist attack on the
United States emb****y in
Tehran in
which 53
Americans were...
- The
Iran–Contra
affair (Persian: ماجرای ایران-کنترا; Spanish: Caso
Irán-Contra), also
referred to as the
Iran–Contra scandal, the
Iran Initiative, or simply...
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Since the
Iranian Revolution in 1979, the
government of the
Islamic Republic of
Iran has been
accused by
several countries of training, financing, and...
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occurred with a U.S.–
Iran prisoner swap and the
release of
frozen Iranian funds,
though indirect diplomacy remained fragile.
Iran was
later accused of...
- The
Iran–Iraq War, also
known as the
First Gulf War, was an
armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that
lasted from
September 1980 to
August 1988. Active...
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several overtures to
Iran, by
releasing Iranian prisoners, both from
Hezbollah and the IRGC, and by
announcing direct flights from
Iran to the
airport in...
- The
constitution of
Iran states that the
country is an
Islamic republic; it
specifies Twelver Ja’afari Shia
Islam as the
official state religion. In 2023...
- The
Iranian Revolution (Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e
Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn]), also
known as the 1979 Revolution, or the
Islamic Revolution of...
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unconditional release.
Iran subsequently claimed the
three were
spies but
offered no
evidence to
support its contention.
Sarah Shourd was
released 14 months...
