Iran's Transformation: From US Ally to Adversary

From nuclear cooperation with Israel in the 1970s to the US embassy hostage crisis in 1979, Iran's relationships with its former allies underwent a dramatic reversal. The rise of the Islamic Republic brought a new ideological agenda, regional proxy networks, and decades of confrontation with the West.

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