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US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
With US bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. But the bad blood isn’t new: The US and Iran have been in conflict for decades—at least since the US helped overthrow a democracy-minded prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, in August 1953.
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
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US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries.
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
(LOS ANGELES) With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. kAm%96 EH@ 4@F?EC:6D 92G6 366? A2CE:4F=2C=J 9@DE:=6 E@ 6249 @E96C D:?46 xC2?:2? DEF56?ED E@@< @G6C E96 &]$] t>32DDJ :? %69C2? :? }@G6>36C `hfh[ C6DF=E:?8 :?
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
(LOS ANGELES) With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. kAm%96 EH@ 4@F?EC:6D 92G6 366? A2CE:4F=2C=J 9@DE:=6 E@ 6249 @E96C D:?46 xC2?:2? DEF56?ED E@@< @G6C E96 &]$] t>32DDJ :? %69C2? :? }@G6>36C `hfh[ C6DF=E:?8 :?
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
(LOS ANGELES) With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. kAm%96 EH@ 4@F?EC:6D 92G6 366? A2CE:4F=2C=J 9@DE:=6 E@ 6249 @E96C D:?46 xC2?:2? DEF56?ED E@@< @G6C E96 &]$] t>32DDJ :? %69C2? :? }@G6>36C `hfh[ C6DF=E:?8 :?
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
(LOS ANGELES) With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. kAm%96 EH@ 4@F?EC:6D 92G6 366? A2CE:4F=2C=J 9@DE:=6 E@ 6249 @E96C D:?46 xC2?:2? DEF56?ED E@@< @G6C E96 &]$] t>32DDJ :? %69C2? :? }@G6>36C `hfh[ C6DF=E:?8 :?
A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
By Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (LOS ANGELES) With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran's leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries.
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
(LOS ANGELES) With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. kAm%96 EH@ 4@F?EC:6D 92G6 366? A2CE:4F=2C=J 9@DE:=6 E@ 6249 @E96C D:?46 xC2?:2? DEF56?ED E@@< @G6C E96 &]$] t>32DDJ :? %69C2? :? }@G6>36C `hfh[ C6DF=E:?8 :?
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
(LOS ANGELES) With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. kAm%96 EH@ 4@F?EC:6D 92G6 366? A2CE:4F=2C=J 9@DE:=6 E@ 6249 @E96C D:?46 xC2?:2? DEF56?ED E@@< @G6C E96 &]$] t>32DDJ :? %69C2? :? }@G6>36C `hfh[ C6DF=E:?8 :?
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
An Iranian walks past an anti-U.S. mural in Tehran on April 5, 2025. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries.
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. But the bad blood isn’t new: The U.S. and Iran have been in conflict for decades – at least since the U.S. helped overthrow a democracy-minded prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh[1], in August 1953.
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
(LOS ANGELES) With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. kAm%96 EH@ 4@F?EC:6D 92G6 366? A2CE:4F=2C=J 9@DE:=6 E@ 6249 @E96C D:?46 xC2?:2? DEF56?ED E@@< @G6C E96 &]$] t>32DDJ :? %69C2? :? }@G6>36C `hfh[ C6DF=E:?8 :?
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
(LOS ANGELES) With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. kAm%96 EH@ 4@F?EC:6D 92G6 366? A2CE:4F=2C=J 9@DE:=6 E@ 6249 @E96C D:?46 xC2?:2? DEF56?ED E@@< @G6C E96 &]$] t>32DDJ :? %69C2? :? }@G6>36C `hfh[ C6DF=E:?8 :?
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) kAmW%wt r~}'t#$p%x~}X (:E9 &]$] 3@>3D C2:?:?8 5@H? @? xC2? 2?5 %69C2?’D =6256CD C6DA@?5:?8 3J 9:EE:?8 E2C86ED 24C@DD E96 !6CD:2? vF=7 2?5 C6DEC:4E:?8 EC2?D:E E9C@F89 E96 $EC2:E @7 w@C>FK[ :E :D 72:C E@ DF886DE E92E E96 AC6D6?E >@>6?E C6AC6D6?ED 2 =@H :? C6=2E:@?D 36EH66? E96 EH@ 4@F?EC:6D]k^Am kAmqFE E96 325 3=@@5 :D?’E ?6Hi %96 &]$] 2?5 xC2? 92G6 366? :?
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
(LOS ANGELES) With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. kAm%96 EH@ 4@F?EC:6D 92G6 366? A2CE:4F=2C=J 9@DE:=6 E@ 6249 @E96C D:?46 xC2?:2? DEF56?ED E@@< @G6C E96 &]$] t>32DDJ :? %69C2? :? }@G6>36C `hfh[ C6DF=E:?8 :?
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