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On January 16, 1979 The iranian revolution
Started and the shah left iran.Iran canceled a $9 billion arms deal with the
United States made during the shah's reign.The United States cut off diplomatic relations
with Iran.During a visit to
JApan, Parliamentary Speaker Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani called on the United
States to restore relations with Iran. Later that
month, he played a role in ending the hijacking of TWA 847, the 17-day hostage
ordeal of 39 Americans in Beirut.American writer Edward Tracy was taken
hostage in Lebanon. A few days later, the
United States provided
1,000 TOW missiles to Iran. On Nov. 2, American hostage
David Jacobsen
was freed in Beirut.The Lebanese magazine
Ash-Shiraa exposed secret
dealings between Iran, Israel
and the United States, which became
known as the “Iran-Contra affair.”The frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts
was badly damaged by an
Iranian mine
U.S. forces responded with
Operation Praying Mantis on
April 18, the U. S. Navy’s larges
t engagement of surface
warships since World War II
. Two Iranian oil platforms,
two Iranian ships and six
Iranian gunboats were
destroyed.Terry Anderson, the last
American hostage in
Lebanon, was freed
after Iranian intervention.Iran cut diplomatic relations with Israel.Iran and Iraq resumed diplomatic ties,
although Iran condemned the Iraqi
invasion of Kuwait.Iran and Algeria broke off
ties after Algeria accused Iran of supporting
the opposition Islamic
Salvation Front. Tehran
denied the charges.
Diplomatic relations
were restored in
September.Iran and South Africa reestablished
diplomatic relations after
the end of apartheid.
The shah and South
Africa had good relations,
which ended after the
1979 revolution when
the theocracy imposed
a trade and oil boycott.During a state visit to Moscow
, Iranian President Khatami
and Russian President
Vladimir Putin signed tHE
first cooperation and
security agreement since the
Iranian revolution.EX-FBI agent Robert Levinson
goes missing during a visit to Iran.Newly elected Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called
for Israel to “vanish in the
pages of time.” The statement
was widely interpreted as a
call for Israel to be wiped
off the face of the earth.Some
event
happened
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