The US and Iran have had bitter relations for decades. After the bombs, a new chapter begins
June 25, 2025
A new chapter in U.S.-Iran relations is about to be written, whether for the better or the even worse. For nearly a half century, the world has witnessed an enmity for the ages. It’s heard the threats, the plotting, the poisonous rhetoric between the “Great Satan” of Iranian lore and the “Axis of Evil” troublemaker of the Middle East, in America’s eyes. Now President Donald Trump has brokered a ceasefire in the Israel-Iran war that may or may not hold. Either way, something has broken loose in the stuck-in-time relationship after the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear-development sites and Iran’s retaliatory yet restrained attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar.
