History Lesson: Iran Beat America In War Game in 2002
The simulation showed that hubris can lead to a terrible down fall even when facing minor hostile powers.
The United States has had a contentious relationship with Iran going back many years, from what’s seen as a U.S.-backed coup in the 1950s to the hostage crisis in the 1970s. More recently, the difficult relationship involved a nuclear deal in the 2010s to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb an agreement which Washington backed out of during the Donald Trump Administration. Throughout all of that, the United States and Iran never actually got into a full-on war.