Long before 1979: A very different Iran–US relationship

While negotiations over a lasting peace deal remain unpredictable, historian and author, John Ghazvinian argues that the past fifty years of hostility between the U.S. and Iran are an exception in the much longer history of relations between the two countries — a history that includes periods of fascination, cooperation, and even mutual admiration.Guest: John Ghazvinian, historian, former journalist and author of America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the PresentProducer: Ali Benton