US-Iran relations - in pictures

  • US President Jimmy Carter toasts Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran during a New Year's Eve dinner at Niavaran Palace in Tehran in 1977. AP
    US President Jimmy Carter toasts Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran during a New Year's Eve dinner at Niavaran Palace in Tehran in 1977. AP
  • An armed escort surrounds Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's car at Tehran airport on February 1979, as he returns to Iran from exile. AP
    An armed escort surrounds Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's car at Tehran airport on February 1979, as he returns to Iran from exile. AP
  • People jostle to see Khomeini, who blessed the crowd, in a schoolyard in Tehran on February 4, 1979. AP
    People jostle to see Khomeini, who blessed the crowd, in a schoolyard in Tehran on February 4, 1979. AP
  • President Carter prepares to make a national television address from the White House, on April 25, 1980, about the failed US mission to rescue hostages held in Iran. AP
    President Carter prepares to make a national television address from the White House, on April 25, 1980, about the failed US mission to rescue hostages held in Iran. AP
  • The entrance to the US Embassy in Tehran where 63 people were held hostage, in 1980. Graffiti on the wall urges minority communities in America to start a 'revolution against US discrimination'. AP
    The entrance to the US Embassy in Tehran where 63 people were held hostage, in 1980. Graffiti on the wall urges minority communities in America to start a 'revolution against US discrimination'. AP
  • Remains of a burned-out American helicopter in the eastern desert region of Iran, in April 1980, after the failed attempt to free the US Embassy hostages. AP
    Remains of a burned-out American helicopter in the eastern desert region of Iran, in April 1980, after the failed attempt to free the US Embassy hostages. AP
  • Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, shakes hands with Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in July 2015, before talks in Tehran on Iran's nuclear programme. AP
    Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, shakes hands with Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in July 2015, before talks in Tehran on Iran's nuclear programme. AP
  • A rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran in 2015 marks the 36th anniversary of the seizure of the embassy by militant Iranian students. AP
    A rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran in 2015 marks the 36th anniversary of the seizure of the embassy by militant Iranian students. AP
  • President Rouhani attends an event to mark National Nuclear Day in Tehran on April 9, 2018. AP
    President Rouhani attends an event to mark National Nuclear Day in Tehran on April 9, 2018. AP
  • The coffins of Iranian Quds Force general Qassem Suleimani and others who were killed by a US drone strike are carried on a lorry during their funeral procession in Kerman, Iran, in January 2020. AP
    The coffins of Iranian Quds Force general Qassem Suleimani and others who were killed by a US drone strike are carried on a lorry during their funeral procession in Kerman, Iran, in January 2020. AP
  • Demonstrators walk over Israeli and US flags at a rally commemorating Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, in Tehran in February 2024. AP
    Demonstrators walk over Israeli and US flags at a rally commemorating Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, in Tehran in February 2024. AP
  • Iranian demonstrators hold up posters of Qassem Suleimani and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut in September 2024, at a rally outside the former US Embassy in Tehran, in November 2024. AP
    Iranian demonstrators hold up posters of Qassem Suleimani and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut in September 2024, at a rally outside the former US Embassy in Tehran, in November 2024. AP
  • Demonstrators protest outside the White House in Washington on June 22, 2025, following US military strikes on Iran. AP
    Demonstrators protest outside the White House in Washington on June 22, 2025, following US military strikes on Iran. AP