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US Confrontation with Iran

455 events in this timeline

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Showing 301–350 of 455

  1. October 2006: Former CIA Counterterrorism Official: Iran Is ‘Iraq Redux’
  2. October 2006: Former State Official: Bush’s Wars Have Served Iranian Interests
  3. November 2004: CIA Doubts Reliability of Documents about Iran’s Nuclear Program
  4. Mid-November, 2006: Experts Present Alternative Explanations to Iran’s Nuclear Boasting
  5. Mid-November 2006: IAEA Skeptical of Iran’s Claim of Progress in Uranium Enrichment
  6. Spring 2002: Much of Al-Qaeda’s Management Council Detained in Iran, Held as Bargaining Chips with US
  7. 2002: US Refuses to Exchange Information with Iran about Islamist Militants
  8. (1976): CIA Manager Warns US Knows Little about Shah of Iran
  9. 1976: Cheney, Rumsfeld Lobby for Nuclear Power Plant in Iran
  10. (1985): CIA Agent Proposes False Flag Attacks in Europe in Name of Hezbollah; Modified Proposal Is Implemented
  11. Fall 2001: Iran Offers Diplomatic Relations with US
  12. Fall 2003: US Refuses to Join in European Efforts to Halt Iranian Nuclear Weapons Development
  13. Late Fall-Early Winter 2001: Iranians Offer Assistance to US in War with Taliban
  14. Late May 2003: White House Ignores Offer of Diplomatic Relations with Iran, Begins Efforts to Destabilize Regime
  15. Late July 2005: Iran Resumes Converting Uranium into Plutonium
  16. Late December 2001: US Decides to Accept Iran’s Help against Al-Qaeda but Offer Nothing in Return
  17. Mid-March, 2009: Iran Holds Informal Diplomatic Talks with NATO Official
  18. Mid-April 2003: Powell Admits Failure in Selling Iranian ‘Grand Bargain’
  19. Mid-July 2005: GOP Congressmen Meet with Iranian Disinformation Peddlers, Advance Unsupported Allegations of Iranian Terror Plans
  20. Mid-1980s: Future 9/11 Commissioner Believes White House Lies about Iran-Contra Affair without Checking
  21. Spring 2006: Liz Cheney Pushes for War with Iran from Senior State Department Post
  22. Spring 2007: Neoconservative Tells Bush He Must Bomb Iran to ‘Prevent Another Holocaust’
  23. Late 2006: Prince Bandar Meets with Elliot Abrams Several Times
  24. Spring 2007: Bush Authorizes New Covert ‘Black’ Operation to Destabilize Iran
  25. 2006: Bush Orders Pentagon to Draw Up Plans to Bomb Iran
  26. Late 2006: US Policy Shift in Iraq Aimed at Rolling Back Growing Iranian Influence
  27. Late November 2006: Cheney Flies to Saudi Arabia to Meet with King Abdullah and Prince Bandar
  28. Mid-September, 2001: Cheney and Rumsfeld Create ‘Cabal’ to Influence Foreign Policy
  29. Late January 2002: Bush Officials: ‘Let’s Do’ Iraq in Order to ‘Handle the Iranians From Closer Quarters’
  30. June 2002: Defense Official Secretly Attends Secret Meeting in Paris without White House Approval
  31. 1918: British Secretary of War Writes That Control over Oil in Iraq and Iran Is ‘a First Class British War Aim’
  32. (Early February 2007): Former Bush Official: Bush Advisers Hoping for Excuse to Attack Iran
  33. 2005: Iran-Contra Scandal Figures Discuss How to Avoid Being Caught in Future Covert Operations
  34. 2004: Iran Forced to Import Gasoline
  35. Fall 2006: Cheney Meets with Lebanese Minority Figure to Discuss Undermining Syrian President
  36. June 2002: Defense Official Secretly Attends Clandestine Meeting in Paris Without White House Approval
  37. Late 2006 or Early 2007: US-Backed Lebanese Government Provides Sunni Extremist Group with Cash and Weapons
  38. Late 2006 or Early 2007: US-Backed Lebanese Government Providing Support to Asbat al-Ansar
  39. February 2007: Former NSC Official: White House Pressure on Iran Is an Effort to Provoke War
  40. August 2006: US Military Ordered to Find and Detain Iranians in Iraq
  41. Late 2006: State Department Document Reveals US Interest in Supporting Syrian Activists Who Oppose Assad
  42. 2005 and After: US Officials Encourage and Advise Pakistani Sunni Militant Group
  43. May 1985: ’Fuller Memo’ Codifies US Policy Towards Arming Iran
  44. September 1980: Iraq Invades Iran; Start of Iran-Iraq War
  45. 1981-1988: Reagan Administration Gives Covert Support to Iraq Against Iran
  46. (Early January 2005): Former Official Says Pentagon Has ‘Free Reign’ Over Some Covert Operations; Iran Invasion Is Planned
  47. March 2007: Experts Say US Occupation of Iraq Increases Threat to Israel and US Alike
  48. April 2003: US Military Bases to Surround Iran
  49. Early 2005: Iran Readying for US Attack
  50. 1987: Iran Offered Nuclear Technology from A. Q. Khan