Iran

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• SOURCE: Yahoo
  July 21, 2019
  

  Iran Confrontation With U.K. Reflects History of Bad Blood

  The complicated history of Iranian relations with the United Kingdom.

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• SOURCE: The Progressive
  06/29/2019
  

  The Conflict with Iran Is Rooted in Two Views of History

  Read about the history of U.S. - Iranian relations and tensions.

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• SOURCE: News-Decoder
  5/26/2019
  

  US - Iran Mutual Antagonism Goes Way Back

  Why are the U.S. and Iran at daggers drawn while Donald Trump has vowed to pull troops out of foreign wars?

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• SOURCE: Daily Beast
  6/19/19
  

  Trump and the Persian Gulf Have a Long, Surprising History

  In 1987, Trump attacked Reagan’s deployment in the Gulf to protect ‘ships we don’t own, carrying oil we don’t need destined for allies who won’t help.’ 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/14/19
  

  The last time a ‘Tanker War’ broke out in the Persian Gulf, it lasted for years

  The bloody Iran-Iraq war from 1980 to 1988 also played out in the Persian Gulf, and hundreds of ships owned by or associated with the two sides were targeted in the conflict.

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• SOURCE: Lobelog
  5/21/19
  

  The Real Reason Iran’s Hardliners Don’t Want To Talk To America

  by Shireen T. Hunter

  Tehran’s reluctance to engage in direct talks with America at a normal state-to-state level within a bilateral framework long predates the Trump administration. 

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  5/15/19
  

  Top Ten differences between the Iraq War and Trump’s Proposed Iran War

  by Juan Cole

  An informative look. 

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• SOURCE: American Diplomacy
  Accessed 5/9/19
  

  Preventing an Israeli-Iran War

  by Alon Ben-Meir

  The EU is in a unique position to prevent the outbreak of a war between Israel and Iran that could engulf the Middle East in a war that no one can win.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  4/3/19
  

  2 Minutes and Counting

  by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick

  Crises that seemed contained not long ago have now spiraled out of control—and the prospects for resolving them peacefully look depressingly bleak.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/10/19
  

  The Iran Revolution at 40: From Theocracy to ‘Normality’

  Forty years ago, Iranians swelled with pride, hope and the expectation of a better future.

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• SOURCE: Lobe Log
  2/11/19
  

  The 1979 Revolution: Unfinished Business In Iran

  by Shervin Malekzadeh

  One thing that must be understood about Iran, about living there, is that the Revolution is never officially discussed as a finished event.

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• SOURCE: Fox News
  1/15/19
  

  Wife of historian imprisoned in Iran speaks out: ‘His only crime is he's American’

  “He is not a spy,” Hua Qu said. “He's just a history nerd.”

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  12/20/2018
  

  A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal

  by Juan Cole

  Among the losers:  Israel, Kurds.  Among the winners:  Turkey, Iran, Russia.

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• SOURCE: Princeton
  9/10/18
  

  U.N. committee calls for immediate release of Princeton history graduate student imprisoned in Iran

  Xiyue Wang, a Chinese American student, was imprisoned two years ago after doing research in 19th and 20th century archives that were legally available to scholars.

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• SOURCE: Special to HNN
  8/3/18
  

  VIPS to Trump: Intel on Iran Could be CATASTROPHIC.

  by William R. Polk

  William Polk to VIPS: Revamp your appeal.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  7-23-18
  

  Trump and Iran’s Rouhani Threaten each other with the Mother of all Wars

  by Juan Cole

  But to have the US and Iran rattling sabers does not in the least benefit the American people.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  6-12-18
  

  Trump is everything Republicans said Obama was

  by Tom Nichols

  They called Obama an inexperienced, self-serving celebrity. Then their party chose Trump.

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• SOURCE: WSJ
  5-14-18
  

  Trump, Iran and American Power

  by Walter Russell Mead

  The president sees Tehran’s overreach as an opportunity to arrest U.S. decline.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  5-14-18
  

  The Half-Millennium When Rome excluded Jews from Jerusalem and how Iran and Muslims Saved Them

  by Juan Cole

  The move of the Trump administration of the US embassy to Jerusalem is intended, according to the president, to signal a recognition of the reality that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

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• SOURCE: Daniel Pipes Blog
  5-13-18
  

  Daniel Pipes says regime change in Iran is “inevitable”

  by Daniel Pipes

  In an expansive interview he gives his views on Iran, Turkey and the future of Islamism.