Iran and America

It cannot be ignored that not all enmities are eternal, nor are all friendships. Every individual is like this, and countries should naturally be the same, especially since relations between countries are more often determined by their rulers than by their people. Iran and Russia, with decades of wars over the past three centuries, and the repeated massacres, bloodshed, and invasions of Iran’s land and people by Russians, should logically be Iran’s greatest enemy today. Yet, by the choice of rulers, they are called friends and brothers. Similarly, opposite to this, Iran and America have had a friendship dating back to 1720 AD, with the founders of America feeling connected to Iran’s history. They have never fought face-to-face, and at least until the 1953 coup d’etat, there was no belief in hostilities between the two countries. Although the events of August 1953 and November 1979 cannot erase the history of good relations between the two lands. The book “Iran and America: From 1720 AD to Today” by John Ghazvinian is based on this point and examines the events, friendships, and hostilities between these two countries over three centuries. “Iran and America” considers the depth of relations between these two countries under the shadows of their rulers and peoples in the context of true historical events, acknowledging and emphasizing that the history of lands must be viewed beyond one-sided narratives, analyses, and interpretations.