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Iran hostage crisis

Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (L) holds a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) on the second straight day of talks over Tehran's nuclear program in Vienna, July 14, 2014.

The Persian art of declining what you really want and offering what you’ll never give could play a role in US-Iran nuclear talks

Culture

“Tarof” is a traditional verbal dance Iranians often use to show respect or to be sarcastic toward someone. With “tarof,” words are not what they seem. And things can get very complicated.

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, shakes hands with a US Air Force general officer prior to his departure from the United States.

The history of US-Iranian relations

Global Politics
A man holding a sign during a protest of the crisis in Washington, D.C., in 1979.

The US and Iran part III – the hostage crisis

Global Politics
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30 years later, Tehran hostage can’t forget

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This week’s agenda with Marcus Mabry and Adam Mynott

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