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Iran and America: A forgotten friendship

  • Written by Daniel Thomas Potts, Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History, New York University
Students at the American Memorial School, Tabriz, 1923shahrefarang.com

As President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against Iran heats up again, it is worth recalling a time when the two countries had a distinctly different relationship.

That time began in the 1800s, as American missionaries journeyed to what was then called Persia.

The missionaries he...

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