[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":30},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-the-u-s-and-iran":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":14,"excerpt":20,"content":21,"transcript":22,"transcript_file":23,"audio":24,"resources":28,"segments":29},239,"the-u-s-and-iran","The U.S. and Iran","A Brief History of an Often Tense Relationship",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1578663744,"01.10.20","Jan 10, 2020","January 10, 2020",[],{"src":15,"caption":16,"derivatives":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-u-s-and-iran\u002FRESTRICTED_USE_website-AP_277290091486.jpg","A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of Unites States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria Tuesday July 14, 2015. Source: AP Images",{"square_small":18,"square_medium":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-u-s-and-iran\u002Fsquare_small\u002FRESTRICTED_USE_website-AP_277290091486.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-u-s-and-iran\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FRESTRICTED_USE_website-AP_277290091486.jpg","On this episode of BackStory, Brian speaks with Hussein Banai about the history of U.S.\u002FIran relations.","\u003Cp>Last weekend, an American airstrike killed Iranian General Qasam Soleimani, at the direction of President Trump. Iran vowed to retaliate and launched more than a dozen missiles at two American military bases in Iraq. In response, President Trump addressed the nation on Wednesday, saying the US will impose new economic sanctions on Iran. Only time will tell what Solemani’s death means for US\u002FIran relations, and the future of the Middle East. But how did we get here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this episode of BackStory, Brian speaks with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhls.indiana.edu\u002Ffaculty\u002Fbanai-hussein.html\">Hussein Banai\u003C\u002Fa>, author of “Becoming Enemies: U.S.-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979-1988,” about what the history of US\u002FIran relations can teach us about the current moment — and where we might be headed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Ffiles\u002Fthe-u-s-and-iran\u002Ftranscript\u002FIRAN_US_HISTORY.pdf",{"url":25,"duration":26,"formatted_duration":27},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Fthe-u-s-and-iran.mp3","1862","00:31:02",[],[],1790963932665]