Iran and Israel have not maintained a formal diplomatic relationship with each other since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict has grown to large
Cyrus the Great releases Jews from the Babylonian captivity to resettle and rebuild Jerusalem. Jean Fouquet, 1470.
Iranian minister Reza Saffinia arriving at the house of Israeli president Chaim Weizmann in Rehovot on Yom Ha'atzmaut, 1950.
An Iranian stamp issued in memory of Suleiman Khater, who perpetrated the Ras Burqa massacre against Israeli tourists in 1985
Protest in Tehran, Iran, 18 May 2018
The legitimacy of the State of Israel has been questioned since before the state was formed. There has been opposition to Zionism, the movement to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, since its emer
Iran–Israel relations
…Israel in Tehran to the Palestine Liberation Organization. As guided by the Islamic Revolution's ideology, Iran's foreign policy is primarily focused on destroying Israel and replacing it entirely with a Palestinian state. The Israeli government regards Iran as an existential threat, owing to the country's backing of…
Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony, 13 September 1993
A handshake between King Hussein of Jordan and Yitzhak Rabin, accompanied by Bill Clinton, during the Israel–Jordan peace negotiations, 25 July 1994
Participants burn a large effigy adorned with the Flag of Israel during Quds Day in Tehran (2016)