NO. Ayatollah Khomeini ruled IRAN in the 1980s and was a determined ENEMY of the United States.
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Iraq
In the 1980s, Iran's oil production was 3 million barrels per day, approx.
fundamentalism
The fundamentalist revolution
The United States supported its fight against Iran. They were trade partners. The United States sold Iraq a huge arsenal of weapons. The United States supported its fight against Iran.
The United States conducted no military efforts in Iran or Iraq in the 1980s with the exception of the botched attempt to rescue the American Hostages in Iran by Jimmy Carter. The United States was not involved in the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988 except as a financier and military supplier.
In the 1980s, Iran's oil production was 3 million barrels per day, approx.
The US Embassy hostages in Iran.
There are no US troops presently in Iran (as of May 2008)
Health care reform