U.S. Policy Toward Iran In A Changing Middle East

Ever since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran has been a vexing foreign policy conundrum for the United States. The relationship turned acrimonious almost from the start of the revolution...
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26June 2011

Ever since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran has been a vexing foreign policy conundrum for the United States.  The relationship turned acrimonious almost from the start of the revolution, when radical students backed by Ayatollah Khomeini seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 and held U.S. diplomats hostage for more than one year...