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by text0404 662 days ago
here's some intro material:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/us/politics/bolton-iran-p...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...

here's a fun one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7s5pT3Rris - "McCain Sings "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran"

also check out the proxy wars being fought in Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen between the US and Iran in lieu of all-out ground war.

i was going to start adding links from Trump's presidency but there's just so many...

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None of those contain the US calling for the destruction of Iran. Any others?
Those are particular people. Not the US government's actual policy.
Sanctions are a crime against humanity, intended to degrade the state by degrading its people:

https://www.state.gov/iran-sanctions/