The relationship between Iran and America has been bittersweet. During the Cold War America was heavily interested in Iran. In 1953 the CIA planned and funded a coup to overthrow the Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh in order for the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi rise to power. This moment in history was a turning point in American-Iranian relations. But in 1979 there was an overthrow of the shah and Iran was name as a republic lead by religious leaders. And for many days Americans were held by Iranians at the US Embassy. This put a huge strain on the relations between American and Iran. In 1980 the United States decided to break ties with Iran. And during the next couple of years there would be economic sanctions placed on Iran. Today Iran is viewed as a nation that supports terrorism. There have been many disputes as to go about discussing certain issues with Iran.
There are many issues that are occurring in Iran and it is affecting how America should continue its relations with Iran. The most recent issues are democracy in Iran, especially regarding to elections, and the nuclear program regarding nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Even now our relations with Iran are not very close. America has to go through the Embassy of Switzerland in order to communicate with Iran. In my blog I will discuss the relations between America and Iran regarding the topics of nuclear weapons and democracy and how our actions in the past and present have changed for the better or for the worse.
Here are a couple of websites that provide clear information about Iran and our past history with Iran.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5314.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html
The map of Iran and its surrounding countries came from the website
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/fyri/2008/index.php
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