The bellicose saga between Iran and the United States goes back seven decades and 13 presidents, a relationship that broke down after the people of Iran rose up against a regime the United States helped install 1953.
While President Donald Trump's decision to bomb the country's nuclear sites has Americans on edge, the United States has a long history of punishing Iran's government, most often through sanctions.
At the center of it all is the state of Israel, the United States' key ally in the region — one that consistently finds itself at war with Iran or with the Islamic extremist groups that are proxies for Iran's interests.
Some key moments in the relationship between the U.S. and Iran.
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