Episode

1979: How the U.S. and Iran Went From Allies to Enemies

Podcast: The Daily
Published: Jun 12, 2026
Duration seconds: 2972
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Summary

At the heart of the current U.S. war against Iran is an inconvenient truth: that the United States is, in many ways, responsible for creating the very regime it now seeks to topple. Today, Scott Anderson, a New York Times Magazine contributor and author of “King of Kings”, tells the story of America’s outsize role in the Islamic Revolution, and why all these years later we’re still no closer to understanding Iran.