The U.S. and Iran have a long history of tensions, including a CIA-led campaign to topple Iran's prime minister in 1953 and the taking of American hostages in 1979.

President Trump has said he wants regime change in Iran but has articulated no strategy for achieving that end.

Oil transformed the relationship between Iran and the United States from alliance to rivalry. What began with a coup in 1953 evolved into decades of sanctions, nuclear tensions, and market instability ...

IT ALL BEGAN in 1909 with the establishment of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company under the wing of the British empire. For ...

This important history highlights how constant imperialist interventions in Iran since World War II have repeatedly damaged ...