Iran remains the biggest adversary of the US in the region since the 1979 Islamic revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini toppled pro-Western Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. This combination of pictures created on November 07, 2024 shows Donald Trump (left) and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei [File: AFP]
Here’s a timeline of US-Iran relations since 1953:
United States-Iran tensions have surged to the highest point in decades after President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered direct strikes that he said “obliterated” key nuclear facilities across the Middle Eastern country.
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