# From allies to adversaries: 47 years of US-Iran hostility

https://mins.news/en/video/129924

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-11-05 00:13 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSBNXqCq3x8

> Forty-seven years after Iranian students seized the US embassy in Tehran, Washington and Tehran remain hostile, with tensions now centered on the Strait of Hormuz amid reports of US strikes near Iranian waters. Their relationship unraveled after the 1979 revolution and 444-day hostage crisis. Mediators still shuttle between the capitals, but mistrust persists.

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