Why did Trump bomb iran? Why is the U.S. helping Israel? The answers are complex, but this timeline of U.S.-Iran relations offers some context.

A decades-long timeline shows how Iran's peaceful atomic start gave way to global suspicion, secret sites, and stalled diplomacy.

The fraught relationship between the U.S. and Iran isn't new. U.S. involvement in, and conflict with, Iran is complicated and ...

Israeli air and missile strikes were reported against Tehran, Natanz, Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility, Tabriz, Kermanshah, and Borujerd. The Israel Defense Forces reported that the attacks, ...

Israel and Iran have opened a new chapter in their long history of conflict when Israel launched a major attack with strikes early Friday on Tehran.

As of Thursday morning, a Washington-based human rights group estimated at least 639 Iranians have been killed by Israeli ...

Iran remains the US’s adversary in the Middle East since the 1979 Islamic revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

A graphic shows the timeline of "Operation Midnight Hammer," a U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, released by the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C., June 22, 2025.

The US conducted strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Allies joined the conflict, escalating violence and civilian casualties.