US-Iran: more than four decades of enmityPARIS, France, April 11, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The United States and Iran have been sworn enemies since the 1979 Islamic revolution and the hostage crisis at the US embassy in Tehran. - 2018: US walks out of nuclear deal -In the early 2000s, revelations of undeclared nuclear sites in Iran spark fears Tehran is trying to make nuclear weapons, claims it denies. In 2005, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ends a freeze on uranium enrichment. A decade later, an accord with six world powers -- China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States -- on Iran's nuclear programme is reached in Vienna. - 2025: Nuclear sites bombed -During the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, the US strikes three major Iranian nuclear sites on June 21, 2025.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha April 11, 2026 09:38 UTC