No, from Dubai and many other places but Iran
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The US Embassy hostages in Iran.
Iran is 5150.95 miles from the united states (If we measure from the edge of Maine to the north eastern corner of Iran). To put that in perspective, the US is 2660 miles from coast to coast, so Iran is two Americas away from the US of A.
There are no US troops presently in Iran (as of May 2008)
Between 300,000 and 900,000 Iranian soldiers and militia died.
The US backed the Shah of Iran who was an authoritarian monarch.
Not in so many words. Prior to rule by the Ayatollahs Iran was called Persia and was ruled by the Shah. Up until he was unseated by the Ayatollahs the Shah was a great "friend" of the US. All three, Persia/Iran, the US, and the Shah did quite well out of it.
All of them
Many many many cultures, being an old country(7000 years)and more...
US by far
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