The U.S. and Iran: Revisiting a Longstanding Conflict

In this episode, the Round Room team revisits and provides further context on the conflict between Iran and the US. Ever since the Iranian revolution in 1973 tensions have been high between the two countries. Further tensions grew after the 444 day long hostage crisis. With the war on terror tensions only continued to escalate between the two countries. Even in the present day the US is still clashing with Iran now over the country's atomic weapon development. Expect to hear about the many intricacies in the relations between Iran and the US and how the tensions between the two came to be. This podcast is hosted by Monica Rivera Sosa and our new host Rocio Sola Pardo! We would love to thank our writers who put together the script for this episode: Iselin Bratz, Haley Clough, Hank Jones, and Melanie Pozo. We'd also love to thank our team of fact-checkers: Paloma Castrillo and Rocio Sola Pardo. And, of course, we'd love to thank our sound editor and designer, Avery Amaral. To keep up with podcast updates, please follow @theroundroompod on Instagram. https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-relations-iran-1953-2023  https://www.britannica.com/event/Iran-hostage-crisis https://www.cfr.org/timeline/oil-dependence-and-us-foreign-policy https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/confrontation-between-united-states-and-iran#RecentDevelopments-2 https://www.aol.com/despite-u-air-strikes-iran-193106560.html https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-02-06-24/h_14a7a3d9a2eb1fd668465b531c5c707d https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67614911 https://www.parstimes.com/history/algiers_accords.pdf  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/29/iran-and-us-president-donald-trump-a-timeline-of-key-events  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/2/us-launches-strikes-in-response-to-attack-that-killed-troops-in-jordan