The Ambivalent Relationship Between USAd Iran

The United States of America (USA) and Iran always had quite an ambivalent relationship. For over 100 years, both the USA and Iran would go have different views on everything from political government to building up military forces and enhancing nuclear capabilities. This would put the USA and Iran on a collision of war and sanctions. The effects of these sanctions left Iran in financial distress. This forced Iran to deal with the USA in order to ease some of the hardships. This article will discuss relationship between USA and Iran through military, economic, and political variables. Iran and the USA were two powers that fought to stop the spread of communist in Iran. In 1951 when Iran democratically elected Premier Mohammed

was motivated mainly by Mossadeq's desire for personal power; was governed by irresponsible policies based on emotion; had weakened the Shah and the Iranian Army to a dangerous degree; and had cooperated closely with the Tudeh (Communist) Party of Iran. In view of these factors, it was estimated that Iran was in real danger of falling behind the Iron Curtain; if that happened it would mean a victory for the Soviets in the Cold War and a major setback for the West in the Middle East. No remedial action other than the covert action plan set forth below could be found to improve the existing state of

On 4 November 1979, Iran held more than 50 American diplomats for over 440 days. The hostage crisis began when a group of Islamic fundamentalist successfully revolted against the American Shah of Iran (“A Short History of the Department of State: The Iranian Hostage Crisis”). This forced President Jimmy Carter, on behalf of the USA, to take necessary actions against the Iranian government and the fundamentalist in the form of sanctions. The sanctions aimed to block the interest for property in Iran. It also placed economic sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran. This froze Iran’s monetary assets for many decades but later released by President Barack Obama’s Administration. At the time of the sanctions, the USA believed that the crises in Iran would cause a major threat to foreign policy and the economy. This caused President Carter to shift views on the relationship between the USA and Iran leading to the only Embassy to close down in Tehran (“A Short History of the Department of State: The Iranian Hostage Crisis”). This was the last Embassy placed in Iran. Now the USA and Iran both use protecting powers to carry our contracts. The USA uses the Swiss Embassy in Tehran and Iran uses the Pakistani Embassy in Washington D.C. to conduct political discussions (“A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: