Timeline: US-Iran ties
BBC NEWS
1953 US and British intelligence services help Iranian military officers depose Prime Minister Muhammad Mussadeq, a leading exponent of nationalising the oil industry.
1979 16 January - US-backed Shah of Iran forced to leave the country after widespread demonstrations and strikes. 
1979 1 February - Islamic religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini returns from exile and takes effective power.
1979 4 November - Iranian students seize 63 hostages at US embassy in Tehran, prompting drawn-out crisis leading to severing of diplomatic ties and sweeping US sanctions against Iran. Their initial demand is that the Shah return from the US to Iran to face trial. Later Iran also demands the US undertake not to interfere in its affairs.
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