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    Jan 11, 2020 3 minutes
    K.C. SINGH
    Illustrations by TANMOY CHAKRABORTY

    The US drone attack at Baghdad airport on January 3, killing Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, has destabilised the region. While recent tit-for-tat events led to the current impasse, the US-Iran animosity has a long history, interspersed with moments of tactical cooperation.

    In 1985-87, President Ronald Reagan sanctioned the Iran-Contra operation in which Iran compelled its allies in Lebanon to release kidnapped Americans in exchange for arms needed for war with Iraq. Iranian payments funded the

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