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US Confrontation with Iran

455 events in this timeline

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This is the home page for the US Confrontation with Iran investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.

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  1. August 2003: Anti-US Asian Alliance Holds First Military Exercises Together
  2. Mid-October, 2007: White House War Budget Request Apparently Targets Iran
  3. January 2003: Russia Negotiating Oil Deal With Iran
  4. June 2003: US Officials Meet Secretly for Third Time with Iranian Arms Merchant
  5. October 2006: MEK Providing Dubious Intelligence About Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities
  6. February 2005: Sharon Authorizes Israeli Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
  7. March 2007: Military Expert Believes Decision to Invade Iran Already Made
  8. February 2007: Head of Centcom Fallon Opposes Naval Buildup and Military Strikes against Iran
  9. Early January 2005: India Hosts Asian OIl Talks Iran Pipeline Discussed
  10. Late February 2005: US Has ‘Reservations’ About Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline
  11. Early 1980: Israel Proposes US Secret Arms Sales to Iran
  12. December 1986: Vice President Bush Claims He Is Briefed on Iran-Contra Operation for First Time
  13. 2003: Trade Between China and Iran Soars
  14. 1981: Israel Begins Selling US-Made Arms to Iran
  15. 1983: A. Q. Khan Sentenced ‘In Absentia’ for Espionage
  16. August 2003: Pentagon Has All Contacts with Iranian Dissidents Go Through Douglas Feith
  17. Late May, 1986: McFarlane and North Visit Iran to Negotiate Arms for Hostages
  18. Early November, 1986: Danish Cargo Ships Transport US Arms to Iran As Part of Hostage Release Deal
  19. October 2006: Cheney’s Office Refuses to Allow Iran NIE to be Released
  20. December 2003: Neocon Advocates Open Communication Between Pentagon, Iran Opposition Groups
  21. October 2006: Cheney Allegedly Says White House Will Get Around Any Congressional Opposition to Its Iran Attack Plans
  22. May 2006: US and Israel Support Kurdish Incursions into Iran
  23. Late November 2006: Bush Middle East Policies Classic Example of ‘Failure Forward,’ Says Pentagon Consultant
  24. November 2006: Neocon Says Bush Must Bomb Iran; Neocons Must ‘Defend the Action When It Comes’
  25. Mid-November, 2006: Ahmadinejad Says Iran Has Made More Progress in Enriching Uranium
  26. November 2005: IAEA ‘Skeptical’ of US Claims that Iran is Testing Nuclear Triggers
  27. 1993: Iran and India Agree to Build Gas Pipeline Through Pakistan
  28. Late January 2005: Iran, Russia To Build Communications Satellite
  29. 1999: Report: China-Iran Pipeline Deals Challenge US Policy of Denying Iran Oil
  30. March, 2002: Conservative Writer Criticizes US Support of MEK
  31. July 2007: Intercepted Iranian Phone Calls Indicate Iran’s Nuclear Program Shut Down
  32. Late 2006-Fall 2007: Intelligence Community Drafts New National Intelligence Estimate Showing Iran Stopped Its Nuclear Weapons Program in 2003
  33. August-September 2005: US Uses Laptop Evidence to Convince IAEA to Recommend Sanctions against Iran
  34. Mid-November, 2004: NCRI Charges Iran Still Enriching Uranium
  35. February 2007: Iranian Defense Minister Defects; Tells of Nuclear Weapons Program Shutdown
  36. 2005: Iranian Leaders: Iran Stopped Work on Nuclear Weapons Program Because It Only Needed to Prove It Could Produce Bomb If Desired
  37. June 2007: NYT Columnist: Iran ‘About to Go Nuclear’
  38. 2001: Iran, China Buy Cruise Missiles from Arms Dealers
  39. December 2003: Iran Applauds Libya’s Pledge to End Its WMD Programs, Says Israel Should Do Same
  40. March 2005: Some MEK Members Accept Iranian Offer of Amnesty
  41. 2002 and after: US Intelligence Taps Iranian Exiles for Information
  42. Mid-January 2005: IAEA Inspects Iranian Nuclear Site
  43. August 2002: Iranian Opposition Group Reveals Information About Iran’s Hidden Nuclear Sites
  44. 1994: Iran, India Begin Pipeline Negotiations
  45. Early September 2004: Pentagon Readies Sale of Smart Bombs to Israel; May Be Used Against Iran
  46. February 2005: Austrian Sniper Rifles Delivered to Iran; US Opposed Deal
  47. April 2004: Chalabi Tells Iran that US Has Broken Its Encryption Codes
  48. February 2005: MEK Says Iran Producing Nuclear Weapons Materials; Sources Sketchy
  49. Late 2004: Iranians Attempting to Export Military Equipment Arrested
  50. 1976: Ford Gives Permission to Sell Nuclear Technology to Iran