One of the most politically charged football fixtures will take place today as Iran prepares to take on the USA in the World Cup.
‘They were seen as not occupying holy sites or biblical sites and there was a long history of idealising Persian history and Persian society dating back to the Bible, dating back to British literature at the time as well.
That year the CIA gave its backing to a military coup against the popular democratically-elected prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh. Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took power as supreme leader in December, turning Iran away from the West. In November, Iran and six major powers reach agree to the Joint Plan of Action nuclear deal. Iran agrees to curb its nuclear work in return for limited sanctions relief.US President Donald Trump withdraws from the nuclear deal in May and reimposes crippling economic sanctions on Iran.Iran says in May it will increase enriched uranium production, bucking its commitments under the nuclear accord.
In December, attacks on US military bases in Iraq kill a US citizen. The United States blames an Iranian-backed militia inside Iraq, and fires on its bases in retaliation.2020:
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