Paris, France, Feb 28, 2026 (AFP) - US-Iran: more than four decades of enmity

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The United States and Iran have been sworn enemies since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the hostage crisis at the US embassy in Tehran. Saturday's US and Israeli strikes mark only the latest in a series of conflicts. - 1979: hostage crisis - On November 4, 1979, student activists demanding the extradition of Iran's deposed monarch, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was undergoing medical treatment in the US, take staff hostage at the US embassy in T......

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