Why did Trump bomb iran? Why is the U.S. helping Israel? The answers are complex, but this timeline of U.S.-Iran relations offers some context.

While not colonised by European empires, Iran's oil reserves meant it became a key focus for British and Western imperial ...

This chimes with more recent history, too: there was a lion and sun figure at the centre of the flag of the Imperial State of Iran, which was overthrown and replaced by the Islamic Republic of ...

Known by its Persian name, the Mujahideen-e Khalq Organisation (MEK or MKO), the group fell out with the other factions alongside which it deposed the Iranian Shah and replaced the Imperial State ...

The 1940s map presents the Middle East from an Iranian perspective. Iran is highlighted in yellow, standing out from the uniform green of the surrounding countries. In the margins appears a Persian ...

The answers are complex, but this timeline of U.S.-Iran relations offers some context. ... The United States and United Kingdom back a coup in what is then called the Imperial State of Iran.