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Supreme leader: Iran has outflanked US since 1979 revolution

Iran's supreme leader said Sunday that his country has outmaneuvered the United States in the four decades since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

4 years ago

Frozen in time, US Embassy a monument to Iran hostage crisis

What initially began as a sit-in devolved into 444 days of captivity for 52 Americans seized in the embassy.

4 years ago

The mystery of the oil tanker that disappeared in the Strait of Hormuz

It drifted into Iranian waters and stopped transmitting its location more than two days ago.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

4 years ago

As US pushes Tehran, Iran recalls American-backed 1953 coup

The coup, 65 years ago this week, lit a fuse for an Islamic revolution.

5 years ago

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