Gary Sick

Iran's President Hasan Rouhani addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 24, 2013.

Leaders try to put a little heat in frigid US-Iranian relations

It's been six years since high-ranking American diplomats have gotten together for serious business. But on Thursday, that was all set to change.

Leaders try to put a little heat in frigid US-Iranian relations

Yemeni-Americans protest outgoing leader's trip to U.S. for medical treatment

Yemeni-Americans protest outgoing leader's trip to U.S. for medical treatment

Yemeni-Americans Protest Against Saleh's US Trip

Yemeni-Americans Protest Against Saleh's US Trip
The World

Has Iran's opposition lost steam?

Has Iran's opposition lost steam?

Deadlines and dialogue: Dealing with Iran

Deadlines and dialogue: Dealing with Iran
The World

U.S. offers to attend direct talks with Iran

The Takeaway talks to Gary Sick, a senior research scholar at Columbia University. Also joining the conversation is Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council.

U.S. offers to attend direct talks with Iran
A man holding a sign during a protest of the crisis in Washington, D.C., in 1979.

The US and Iran part III - the hostage crisis

The United States lost Iran as a regional ally when the Shah was overthrown in 1979. The same year, students took dozens of Americans hostage at the US Embassy in Tehran.

The US and Iran part III - the hostage crisis
Protestors during Iran's 1979 revolution.

The US and Iran part II - the Shah and the revolution

In part II of the series on US policy toward Iran, Jeb Sharp examines America's relationship with Tehran during the reign of Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi.

The US and Iran part II - the Shah and the revolution