Iran's 47-Year Enmity: 5 Reasons Why US & Israel Are Its 'Great' & 'Little Satan'

• 1953 "Operation Ajax": CIA/Britain overthrew PM Mohammad Mosaddegh to control oil, restoring the Shah, seen as imperialist intervention.
• US support for Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi fueled discontent; Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini used it to incite rebellion, leading to a sense of betrayal after Shah's fall.
• 1979 American Embassy Hostage Crisis: 52 Americans held for 444 days in Tehran, protesting Shah's US medical treatment, solidifying anti-America sentiment.
• Post-revolution, Iran severed ties with Israel, declared it "Little Satan," converted its embassy to Palestinian, and established "Quds Day" for Palestinian liberation.
• Iran views Israel as an illegitimate state occupying Muslim land, a Western "military base" to weaken Muslim nations, fostering "Axis of Resistance" groups like Hezbollah and Hamas.