![Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and his daughter look out an airplane window following a 1951 trip to the United States](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1279.jpg?itok=Vw8yIWVs)
Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and his daughter look out an airplane window following a 1951 trip to the United States
![Americans held hostage in Iran return to the United States on January 27, 1981](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1280.jpg?itok=Zreu_4pN)
Americans held hostage in Iran return to the United States on January 27, 1981
Source: Department of Defense
![An American protests during the Iranian hostage crisis in November 1979.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1283.jpg?itok=88h3xZwo)
An American protests during the Iranian hostage crisis in November 1979.
![Graffiti on the walls on the former U.S. Embassy building in Tehran Graffiti on the walls on the former U.S. Embassy building in Tehran](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1287.jpg?itok=BrYX4Kp5)
Graffiti on the walls on the former U.S. Embassy building in Tehran
Source: Phillip Maiwald (Nikopol)
![U.S. President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office with Caspar Weinberger, George Shultz, Ed Meese, and Don Regan discussing Reagan's remarks on the Iran-Contra affair](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1292.jpg?itok=UYHsUJmb)
U.S. President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office with Caspar Weinberger, George Shultz, Ed Meese, and Don Regan discussing Reagan's remarks on the Iran-Contra affair
Source: Ronald Reagan Library
![A torture device used by SAVAK, the shah's secret police, to pull out fingernails of detainees A torture device used by SAVAK, the shah's secret police, to pull out fingernails of detainees](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1294.jpg?itok=BmtIRoz6)
A torture device used by SAVAK, the shah's secret police, to pull out fingernails of detainees
Source: Public Domain
![Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi distributes land ownership documents to women during his "White Revolution,"1963](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1295.jpg?itok=qLDzuTW7)
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi distributes land ownership documents to women during his "White Revolution,"1963
Source: Public Domain
![The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the future supreme leader of Iran, returns to Iran following his exile abroad, February 1979](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1296.jpg?itok=8DRFk3Qw)
The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the future supreme leader of Iran, returns to Iran following his exile abroad, February 1979
Source: Wikimedia Commons/ www.sajed.ir
![A building with an anti-American mural in Tehran A building with an anti-American mural in Tehran](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1298.jpg?itok=8a58BDjJ)
A building with an anti-American mural in Tehran
Source: Wikimedia Commons/Bertil Videt
![U.S. President George W. Bush's 2002 State of the Union address, in which he labelled Iran part of an "Axis of Evil"](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1299.jpg?itok=YE7LBZ4A)
U.S. President George W. Bush's 2002 State of the Union address, in which he labelled Iran part of an "Axis of Evil"
Source: White House
![U.S. President Barack Obama's speech at Cairo University on 2 June 2009, in which he called for “a new beginning” in relations between the United States and the peoples of the Middle East](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1300.jpg?itok=eSqLWI5q)
U.S. President Barack Obama's speech at Cairo University on 2 June 2009, in which he called for “a new beginning” in relations between the United States and the peoples of the Middle East
![Iranians remember Neda Agha Soltan, whose death in 2009 rallied the Iranian opposition](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1301.jpg?itok=r6DZ-qwS)
Iranians remember Neda Agha Soltan, whose death in 2009 rallied the Iranian opposition
Source: Wikipedia
![U.S. President Jimmy Carter toasts Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1977](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1304.gif.jpg?itok=xVaHhEia)
U.S. President Jimmy Carter toasts Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1977
![U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, 1951](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1305.gif.jpg?itok=1kJpWL--)
U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, 1951
Source: Truman Library
![A memorial at Arlington National Cemetery to members of the U.S. armed forces killed in a failed attempt to rescue Americans held hostage in Iran](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1314.jpg?itok=yUbn7y2N)
A memorial at Arlington National Cemetery to members of the U.S. armed forces killed in a failed attempt to rescue Americans held hostage in Iran
Source: Flickr/bobafred
A bust of Howard C. Baskerville, an American Presbyterian missionary, who died in 1909 fighting for a constitutional monarchy in Iran. The bust, which is housed in downtown Tabriz, bears the legend: 'Patriot and Maker of History.'
Source: Wikimedia Commons/Vathlu
![American relief workers survey earthquake damage and assist relief efforts following a 2003 earthquake in Bam, Iran.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-8-img1303.jpg?itok=nYhQO9Hh)
American relief workers survey earthquake damage and assist relief efforts following a 2003 earthquake in Bam, Iran.
Source: FEMA