Relations between the two countries are dominated by policy complexes shaped by a history of hostility.

The U.S. and Iran have a complicated history dating back decades. From the U.S. involvement in the shah's 1953 coup of Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh, to the Iran hostage crisis in 1979, to the U.S ...

Iran said the U.S. must lift its naval blockade and show it’s serious about ending the war diplomatically, as a deadlock over ...

Iran is suffering under increasing economic pressure two months into a renewed U.S. naval blockade of its ports that has choked off oil exports, deprived Tehran billions of dollars in critical state ...