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Until the outbreak of World War II, the United States had no active policy toward Iran. [38] When the Cold War began, the United States was alarmed by the attempt by the Soviet Union to set up separatist states in Iranian Azerbaijan and Kurdistan, as well as its demand for military rights to the Dardanelles in 1946.
After the Iran–Iraq War (the Tanker War phase) resulted in several military incidents in the Persian Gulf, the United States increased U.S. joint military forces operations in the Persian Gulf and adopted a policy of reflagging and escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Persian Gulf to protect them from Iraqi and Iranian attacks.
Rise of the United States as a world power; Founding of the First Philippine Republic and beginning of the Philippine–American War; The war contributed to the popular image of Theodore Roosevelt as a war hero and advanced his career, in 1901 became the 26th president of the United States; Spain sells to Germany its last colonies in the ...
Hans-Dietrich Genscher was the first Western foreign minister to visit Iran after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, visiting Iran in 1984. Although West Germany was a key technology supplier to Saddam Hussein during the Iran–Iraq War, especially to Saddam's chemical weapons program, [28] [29] [30] Germany also kept open relations with Iran in ...
Red Sea crisis Part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) and the Yemeni crisis Map of Houthi activity near the Yemeni coast: Houthi-controlled Yemen (SPC) Government of Yemen (PLC) Houthi attacks (red) and hijackings (blue) Date 19 October 2023 – present (1 year, 1 month and 2 weeks) Location Red Sea, Gulf of Aden (esp. Bab-el-Mandeb), Arabian Sea ...
United States: Communist victory on the mainland and then diplomatic field in 1971, Taiwan Strait stalemate Iran crisis of 1946: 1945–1946 Azerbaijan People's Republic Republic of Mahabad. Supported by: Soviet Union. Imperial State of Iran. Supported by: United States. Iranian victory Greek Civil War: 1946–1949 [27] [28]
This is a list of conflicts in the United States.Conflicts are arranged chronologically from the late modern period to contemporary history.This list includes (but is not limited to) the following: Indian wars, skirmishes, wars of independence, liberation wars, colonial wars, undeclared wars, proxy wars, territorial disputes, and world wars.
The United States and Iran have used proxy warfare throughout the Middle East and the Arab World since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The first instance of proxy warfare came during the Iran–Iraq War, when Iraq used American support to fight the war.