URBAN WARFARE
Iran’s War on the United States Did Not Start Yesterday
John Spencer
March 1, 2026

Iran started a war against the United States in 1979. It has never stopped. That is not rhetorical flourish. It is historical fact. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. That was not a protest. It was a declaration. The newly established Islamic Republic defined itself in opposition to the United States and built its foreign policy around confrontation with America and its allies. Since then, the pattern has been consistent. In 1983, 241 American Marines were murdered in the Beirut barracks bombing, an attack carried out by Hezbollah with Iranian backing. It remains one of the deadliest single days for the Marine Corps since World War II. During the Iraq War, Iranian-backed militias killed 603 U.S. service members, according to Pentagon assessments…The campaign never ended. It evolved. READ MORE