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American Iran Relations For years, relations between the U.S. and the Middle Eastern country of Iran have been rife with tension
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Running Head: America-Iran Relationship [Name of the writer] [Name of the institution] America-Iran Relationship For years, relations between the U.S. and the Middle Eastern country of Iran have been rife with tension. Since 1979, when religious fundamentalists took control of Iran's political system and declared the country an Islamic republic, the two nations have had no diplomatic ties and have frequently clashed over political and strategic differences. Although the U.S. and Iran have never gone to war, their heated rivalry has occasionally flared into hostile rhetoric and violence. U.S. officials have long considered Iran a "rogue state"--a blatant sponsor of terrorism, a perpetrator of human rights abuses and a threat to U.S. interests in the Middle East. Meanwhile, Iranian officials have dubbed the U.S. the "Great Satan" of the West--a meddlesome superpower bent on exploiting the underdeveloped countries of the Middle East and imposing its values on Muslims. Yet after a long period of hostility, relations...
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