The Shah of Iran and US President Richard Nixon in the 1970s
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I joined the Irish Independent’s Indo Daily for a 29-minute guide to US-Iran relations from 1946 to the war of 2026.
I navigate from the US entry into the region, seeking to bolster Iran against the Soviet Union. That soon led to the US and the UK backing a coup in 1953 against the Mossadegh Government, which had nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, and putting the Shah back in power.
The path takes a sharp turn in 1979, when the Islamic Revolution topples the Shah, followed by the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s and the US playing both sides with disastrous outcomes.
I follow that path through regional developments and the War on Terror after 9-11, but make sure that I emphasize what is happening inside Iran with the mass protests after the disputed 2009 Presidential election.
And then is the road to war: from the Trump camp withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran to joining the Israelis last Saturday.
Trump Has Lost the Plot in Iran: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/03/trump-iran-war-strategy/686235/
This piece is written by Karim Sadjadpour who has been a strident critic of Khamenei for decades and chided Iranian leaders for failing to do a deal with Trump over the nuclear issue.
Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan and UAE, satellite images show: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/05/middleeast/radar-bases-us-missile-defense-iran-war-intl-invs
“New satellite images from several key military bases in the Arabian Peninsula suggest that Iran is seeking to degrade air defenses by destroying US-made radars that detect incoming missiles and drones. The radar system for an American THAAD missile battery in Jordan was struck and apparently destroyed in the first days of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, a satellite image taken on Monday shows. Buildings housing similar radar systems were also hit at two locations in the United Arab Emirates, CNN analysis shows, although it is unclear if the equipment was damaged.”
CENTCOM is in complete denial of any of this.
Trump: US jets will support Kurdish invasion of Iran from Iraq: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/05/iran-latest-news-trump-israel-us-war-netanyahu/
This is bizarre. Air support cannot help PJAK, Komalah and the KDPI fighters (many of whom are women) seize Kurdish regions of Iran. It will also produce a nationalist backlash as the vast majority of Iranians oppose the dismemberment of the country.
Israel admits plan to kill Khamenei was accelerated because of Iran protests in January: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-889026
You seem to be under the impression that this is a popularity contest for the hearts and minds of Iranians. Nope. Trump doesn’t care.