الحرب الطويلة على إيران: أحداث جديدة، أسئلة قديمة

A careful and timely examination of how US-Iranian relations reached their current impasse and what it will take to move beyond years of mistrust. The United States and Iran have been witnessing an ongoing confrontation for decades, fueled by mistakes, misunderstandings, and conflicting ambitions. In these pages, a leading Iranian expert explains the dynamics driving this conflict that has wreaked havoc on the Middle East and destabilized the world. Behrouz Ghamari explores the history of US intervention in the region, focusing on the ongoing sanctions imposed on Iran, and beyond them the continued view by US policymakers of the Islamic Republic as a major obstacle to US influence. He emphasizes that despite the Iranian state's repressive policies, Iranian society has remained vibrant, full of active intellectual, cultural, and social movements. He believes that the roots of the American-Iranian rivalry lie elsewhere.