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The Death that Shaped U.S.-Iran Relations
Published 5 months, 2 weeks ago
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The violent death of American Vice Consul Robert Whitney Imbrie in Tehran in July 1924 shocked both the United States and Persia (modern-day Iran). A mob attack in broad daylight, ostensibly sparked by religious fervor but quickly recognized as the product of deeper political currents, cut short the life of a seasoned American official and exposed the fragile state of Iranian politics in the early twentieth century.
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