How did we get to war in Iran? There are a few answers. You could point to the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel by Hamas, the Islamic Republic’s long-running terrorist proxy. There’s also the 1979 hostage crisis, when Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held Americans captive for 444 days. Or there’s the U.S.-aided coup that removed Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953, and Washington’s support for the shah.

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