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Mr. Rouhani stated that there are genuine grounds for friendship between the American and Iranian people, and that oil will flow with a friendly relationship.

““We believe there are genuine grounds for friendship between the American people and the Iranian people,” Mr. Rouhani told reporters. “The oil will flow so long as there is a friendly relationship.””

Iran formally asked governments to use the name 'Iran' rather than 'Persia' in 1935.

“By the mid-20th century, Iran — which in 1935 formally asked governments to use that name rather than the traditional Western label of Persia — supplied the United States with oil and became a key anti-Soviet ally.”

Shahriar Rouhani, a 29-year-old Yale University physics doctoral student, was the first junior Iranian diplomat to manage Iran's embassy in Washington after Mr. Zahedi departed.

“The first was Shahriar Rouhani, a 29-year-old Yale University physics doctoral student who traveled from New Haven, Conn., for the mission, and who left untouched a large plastic decorative peanut in Mr. Zahedi’s office that the ambassador had displayed in symbolic tribute to President Jimmy Carter, who was a Georgia peanut farmer.”

Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson closely studied an ancient Greek account of Cyrus the Great.

“America’s founding fathers were steeped in Persian history, and Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson closely studied an ancient Greek account of Cyrus the Great, a Persian emperor they considered a model of enlightened leadership.”

John Ghazvinian is a historian and author of a study of U.S.-Iranian relations.

““The antagonistic relationship between the United States and Iran since 1979 is an anomaly in the long arc of history for these two countries,” said John Ghazvinian, a historian and author of a study of U.S.-Iranian relations.”

In 1953, the C.I.A. covertly backed a coup against Mohammad Mossadegh, a democratically chosen prime minister, after he nationalized Iran's British-run oil industry.

“In 1953, the C.I.A. covertly backed a coup against a democratically chosen prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, after he nationalized the country’s British-run oil industry.”

By the mid-20th century, Iran supplied the United States with oil and became a key anti-Soviet ally.

“By the mid-20th century, Iran — which in 1935 formally asked governments to use that name rather than the traditional Western label of Persia — supplied the United States with oil and became a key anti-Soviet ally.”

Sally Quinn, a longtime Washington Post journalist, was close to Ardeshir Zahedi and attended his parties.

““He was the toast of the town,” said Sally Quinn, a longtime Washington Post journalist who was close to Mr. Zahedi and attended his parties.”

Ardeshir Zahedi was Tehran’s ambassador to the United States.

“Presiding over these galas was Tehran’s ambassador to the United States, Ardeshir Zahedi.”

Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was a pro-Western autocrat with close ties with the United States.

“The time was the 1970s heyday of Iran’s last monarch, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, a pro-Western autocrat with close ties with the United States.”

The 1970s was the heyday of Iran’s last monarch, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.

“The time was the 1970s heyday of Iran’s last monarch, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, a pro-Western autocrat with close ties with the United States.”

Pro-Khomeini workers hacksawed a lock off Mr. Zahedi’s office door and assumed control of the embassy.

“The embassy had its own mini-rebellion in which pro-Khomeini workers hacksawed a lock off Mr. Zaehdi’s office door and assumed control.”

Mr. Zahedi decamped to Switzerland after Mr. Pahlavi fled Tehran in January 1979.

“After Mr. Pahlavi fled Tehran in January 1979, Mr. Zahedi decamped to Switzerland.”

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was a fundamentalist cleric who loathed Western culture.

“The country’s new ruler was Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a fundamentalist cleric who loathed Western culture.”

The Iranian ambassador's residence on D.C.'s Massachusetts Avenue was a four-story, 46-room Georgian mansion adjacent to Iran’s embassy.

“The setting was the Iranian ambassador’s residence on D.C.’s Massachusetts Avenue, a four-story, 46-room Georgian mansion adjacent to Iran’s embassy that featured 14 fireplaces and a packed social calendar.”

The Iranian Embassy in Washington was designed by Francis Keally.

“The Iranian Embassy in Washington, designed by Francis Keally, in May 1962.”

Lea Carmichael Richardson got a painful drop of oven cleaner in her eye in April 1982 while cleaning the oven in her Park Slope brownstone apartment.

“It was April 1982. We were packing to move out of our floor-through apartment in a Park Slope brownstone. I decided that it was time to clean the oven but soon got a painful drop of oven cleaner in my eye.”

Barbara McNamara Lerner was 90 years old and her husband was 92 years old when their 56th wedding anniversary was approaching.

“I’m 90. He is 92. Our 56th wedding anniversary was coming up.”

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“Your Content must not be false, defamatory, misleading or hateful, or infringe any copyright or any other third-party rights or otherwise be unlawful.”

An admitting nurse at the emergency room reprimanded Lea Carmichael Richardson for cleaning her oven before moving, stating, "You don’t clean the oven because you’re moving. You move because your oven’s dirty!"

“When I got to the E.R., the admitting nurse listened to my woes and then reprimanded me.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT“You don’t clean the oven because you’re moving,” she said. “You move because your oven’s dirty!””