Iran & U.S: A Timeline Of Betrayals, Broken Deals And The Bombing That Shocked The World In 2025

The United States has bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, reigniting one of the world’s most volatile rivalries. But this isn’t a sudden conflict — it’s the result of over 70 years of shifting alliances, secret operations, broken trust, and failed diplomacy between the two nations. It all began in 1953, when the U.S. and Britain orchestrated the overthrow of Iran’s democratic Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and restored the Shah to power. Ironically, the same U.S. that later tried to block Iran’s nuclear ambitions was the one that helped build them. Through the 1950s and 60s, America backed Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, even supplying uranium and a nuclear reactor under the Atoms for Peace initiative. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, everything changed. Iran became fiercely anti-Western, and by 1984, the U.S. had officially labeled Iran a state sponsor of terrorism. In the early 2000s, revelations of hidden nuclear sites at Natanz and Arak alarmed the international community and led to years of sanctions and failed negotiations. A major breakthrough came in 2015 with the Iran Nuclear Deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. It was signed between Iran and world powers, including the U.S., and aimed to limit Iran’s nuclear capabilities in exchange for sanctions relief. But in 2018, President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal, calling it one-sided and ineffective. Iran, in turn, abandoned its commitments and resumed uranium enrichment. By 2023, Iran was enriching uranium close to weapons-grade levels. In 2025, during his second term, Trump proposed a new deal — but Iran rejected it, calling the U.S. offer more of a threat than a negotiation. Just days before talks were expected, Israel launched pre-emptive strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, escalating tensions to a new high. This video breaks down the entire journey — from cooperation to confrontation — and explains how the past continues to shape one of the most dangerous stand-offs in the modern world.