There are three defining occurrences in Iran-US relationship: 1. The US organized a coup, removing liberal elected prime minister of Iran to bring back the kin

There are three defining occurrences in Iran-US relationship: 1. The US organized a coup, removing liberal elected prime minister of Iran to bring back the king Iranians despised and have effectively overthrown. This would change the course of Iranian history forever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta... 2. Iran hostage crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis 3. US support of Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war. Even when he started using chemical weapons against both Iran and his own people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Iraq... For an article which wants to find why Iran fell out with the west, it is not merely ignorant to remove the first and most important cause of the current mistrust. It looks very much like propaganda.