Many Americans only know the history of anger and tension with Iran. But an archaeologist who has spent 45 years focusing on Iran says it is worth recalling the time when the countries were friends.
- Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History, New York University
The US and Iran had been friends for over a century before the British and American coup in 1953 eventually turned them into enemies.
There was a time when Iran and America were friends. Americans founded schools there, helped Iran handle financial crises and trained the country’s first generation of doctors. Could that happen again?
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