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Iran ( Persia ) and the United States have had political relations ever since the Shah of Persia, Nassereddin Shah Qajar , officially dispatched Persia 's first ambassador to Washington D.C. in the late 1800s. EARLY RELATIONS Even before political relations, Americans had been traveling to Iran since the mid 1800s. Urmia University 's College of Medicine, for example, was founded by a group of American physicians in the 1870s. Up until WW2 , relations between Iran and the United States remained cordial, and as a result many Constitutionalist Iranians came to view the U.S. as a "third force" in their struggle to break free of the humiliating British and Russian meddling and dominance in Persian affairs. The American presence however came not without a price. Howard Baskerville died in Tabriz when trying to help Persian constitutionalists, and after Morgan Shuster was appointed Treasury General of Persia, an American was killed in Tehran by henchmen thought to be affiliated with the Russian and British influence. In fact, Iran's Parliament in Tehran was bombed by General Liakhoff of Imperial Russia , and Morgan Shuster had to resign under tremendous British and Russian pressure on the Shah. Shuster's book ''"The Strangling of Persia"'' is a recount of the details of these events, a harsh criticism of Britain and Imperial Russia . Morgan Shuster was soon followed by Arthur Millspaugh , appointed as Treasury General by Reza Shah Pahlavi , and Arthur Pope , who was a main driving force behind the '' Persian Empire '' revivalist policies of Reza Shah. But the friendly relations between the United States and Iran was in for a change as the 1950s arrived. |
Image:Americans Wearing Persian ClothesjpgAmericans Wearing ''jobbeh Va Kolah'' (traditional Persian Clothes) At The Opening Of ''The
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Majles" class="copylinks">Majles '', Jan 29, 1924 Mr McCaskey, Dr Arthur Millspaugh , and Colonel MacCormack are seen in the photo |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Morgan_Shuster" class="copylinks">Morgan Shuster and US officials at Atabak Palace, Tehran , 1911 Before the 1950s, Iran and The United States enjoyed cordial political relations |
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Image:American College TehranJPGMcCormick Hall, American College Of Tehran, Circa 1930 Americans Founded Iran's First Modern College Of Medicine In
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Urmia" class="copylinks">Urmia in the 1870s |
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