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Article: Collision course: the United States, Iran, and the end of containment.
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- Harvard International Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 1998
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The transition of Iran's political organization and the resulting reversal of its foreign policy have drastically affected the nation's relations with members of the international community. The United States, which had friendly diplomatic relations with the Shah's administration in the 1970s, is still reeling from a severe ideological transformation under the religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini.
The election of President Khatami last August indicates some movement away from the Islamic fundamentalism of recent years. This political development should be construed as a critical turning point of relations between the United States and Iran, and the United States ...