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Originally Posted by pavulon

A little history illustrating some of the how and why the US-Iran relationship approaches beyond repair.

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/07/692259096/new-npr-podcast-examines-the-animosity-between-the-u-s-and-iran

Great link and a good summary of major events. Kinser's book "All the Shah's Men" is also a solid and easy read and covers a lot of stuff that isn't in the podcast, especially about Kermit Roosevelt and the types of people he was associated with in Iran. Highly recommend it.

"The Shah" by Abbas Milani is also a great book, if a little dry. It covers many of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's personal and political struggles.

It's refreshing to see the conversation has stayed mostly civil up to now.